the biter bit

English

Alternative forms

  • the biter, bit; the biter bitten

Etymology

Ellipsis of the biter (is) bit.

Noun

the biter bit

  1. (UK) A hurt person who has hurt others in the past.
    • 2013 August 6, Malcolm Wright, “Snooping scandal shows disconnect between ranks of civil service”, in Alan Rusbridger, editor, The Guardian‎[1], London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 26 October 2026:
      In a case of “the biter, bit”, ex-News of the World journalist, Andrea Vance, had her emails accessed and her movements tracked by the civil service.
    • 2018 July 6, Fiona Beckett, “Four wines that don't need to make a point”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian‎[2], London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 26 October 2026:
      There was a bit of a Twitter storm recently after a bordeaux producer suggested that half the wine critics who rated the en primeur releases didn’t know their fundaments from their elbows. Well, fair enough, the biter bit and all that – chefs often have a go at restaurant critics, too.

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