Green’s Dictionary of Slang

a general term of abuse.

1925		E. Hemingway letter 21 June in Baker Sel. Letters (1981) 164: My son of a bitching editor has double Xed me and is arriving tomorrow.
1928		J. March Wild Party 59: You cock-eyed son-of-a-bitching scut!
1930		(con. 1900s–10s) Dos Passos 42nd Parallel in USA (1966) 94: Every sonofabitchin’ yellerleg in the state of Nevada.
1935		J. Conroy World to Win 202: That son-of-a-bitchin’ squarehead!
1941		B. Schulberg What Makes Sammy Run? (1992) 193: Son-of-a-bitchin’-bastard!
1948		(con. 1944) N. Mailer Naked and Dead 26: Some sonofabitchin’ looey, who’s sleeping right now.
1949		W.R. Burnett Asphalt Jungle in Four Novels (1984) 156: Sonsabitching cats. I run over one every time I get a chance.
1953		L. Uris Battle Cry (1964) 246: The dirty no-good stinking sonofabitch bastards.
1953		S. Bellow Augie March (1996) 172: You’re a sonofabitch liar.
1955		E. Hunter Blackboard Jungle 161: A whole goddamn, shouting, screaming class-load of them, all yelling their sonofabitching heads off.
1955		B. Schulberg On the Waterfront (1964) 12: That fresh-nosed little son-of-a-bitchin’ Doyle kid.
1958		(con. 1950) E. Frankel Band of Brothers 339: You goddam’ slimy, sonovabitchin’ bastards!
1960		(con. 1940s) G. Morrill Dark Sea Running 101: The next time you call me Chink I’ll kick your sonsabitching slats in.
1961		H. Ellison ‘Joy Ride’ in Deadly Streets (1983) 94: The crazy, sonofabitchin’ kid got Jerry right in a nerve-center.
1961		H. Ellison Rockabilly (1963) 102: Goodbye, you sonofabitch poor, goodbye.
1964		L. Nkosi Rhythm of Violence I i: Two hundred men at the ready to shoot down any bloody-son-of-a-bitchin’-kaffir who starts trouble!
1964		H. Selby Jr Last Exit to Brooklyn 109: She got her drink and sneered at the ignorant sonofabitchin bartender.
1970		S. Naipaul Fireflies 18: I run one of their stupid buses into a lamp-post. It was a real sonofabitch lamp-post anyway.
1971		B. Malamud Tenants (1972) 17: All I want is to be able to pull this sonofabitchy building down.
1976		M. Arble Long Tunnel 203: Sumbitchin’ cocksuckers.
1977		(con. 1908) J. Monaghan Schoolboy, Cowboy, Mexican Spy 55: The son-of-a-bitching anti-Christ cook won’t fry ’em.
1977		(con. 1960s) D. Goines Black Gangster (1991) 43: You sonofabitching bastard!
1978		L. Kramer Faggots 240: You little son-of-a-bitch freak!
1979		E. Torres After Hours 178: Trying to bail out that miserable son-of-a-bitch son of mine.
1986		L. Heinemann Paco’s Story (1987) 24: The sons-a-bitchin’ dust-off medics slipped him into a spare body bag to save everything but his asshole.
1990		R. Campbell Sweet La-La Land (1999) 184: The sonofabitch rabbi prick had worked it so he’d have to point the finger at himself.
1993		J. Mowry Six Out Seven (1994) 197: Hey, that the biggest sonofabitching owl I ever seen!
1996		P. Cornwell Cause of Death (1997) 226: Least that’s what I call that son of a bitch dog.
2006		C. Carr Our Town 278: ‘Slant-eyed son-of-a-bitchin’ gooks that you was paid a few bucks to kill and the son-of-a-bitches beat you back home!’ he fumed.
2012		J.J. DeCeglie ‘Death Cannot Be Delegated’ in Crime Factory: Hard Labour [ebook] She may hate that son of a bitch husband of hers about the same amount he does her.