Talk:Psycho-biddy

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Removed following fragment from article:

"Die! Die! My Darling stars Tallulah Bankhead as"

It's apparently been incomplete since the beginning of the article and slid along. Since I'm not familiar with the movie in question, I leave it here for others to correct. --Mitsukai 16:31, 2 Jun 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Origins

Exactly who coined the phrase "psycho-biddy", wonderful though it is, and when?

User Calibanu: 12.17, 10 November 2006

It seems to be an original coinage for the wikipedia! All references on the internet lead back to this article! Colin4C 20:22, 24 July 2007 (UTC)

I started the wikipedia article, under an anonymous IP address. When I was first introduced to the genre, a coworker defined it as "psycho-biddy"; when I asked her recently where she heard it from, she says she first heard the term used by myself! I don't think I coined it, but that's odd, isn't it? :-) Anonymoustom 05:33, 2 August 2007 (UTC)

You deserve the credit Anonymoustom! Just don't tell the wikipedia admins or they will start foaming at the mouth and have to be put down...thus creating another Gothic genre: 'Psycho-Admins' Colin4C 20:28, 30 August 2007 (UTC)

The Genre's influence section is a bit of a stretch. I'm not convinced that all of the examples are relevant or influential. Kathy Bates was too young to be considered a "biddy"! ...and Requiem for a Dream really doesn't fit at all.

I'd also like to point out regarding Two on a Guillotine: Connie Stevens was NOT an old woman at the time. I don't see why this film is included. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.72.171.54 (talk) 11:23, 4 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Requested move

I've never used one of these talk pages, so forgive me if I'm not doing it right. I just stumbled in here while doing research for a site and saw that this page is in danger of being deleted in a few days because the phrase "psycho-biddy" isn't found outside of wikipedia. However, the phrase "Grande Dame Guignol" is pretty common, it has exactly the same as meaning as "psycho-biddy" and there's not a page on Wikipedia for it. There's a lot of great content here and I'd hate to see this page deleted, so I'm requesting a move. I'd do it myself, but I haven't had the greatest track record on this site when it comes to changing things. VinnieRattolle

• Hmmmm, interesting! If what you're saying is accurate, that sounds doable. Since we have no article by that name, it wouldn't require merging, just changing the name and some of the article contents. It wouldn't be very hard, and it's probably preferable to deletion. Any other opinions? I'll go poke around a bit to verify what you say about "Grand Dame Guignol". Not out of distrust, I'd just like to ascertain its commonality. - Vianello (talk) 08:51, 8 June 2008 (UTC)
• Whoops, I initially misspelled that. It's "Grande" not "Grand." There's still no wikipedia page on it though. It's easy to find by googling the phrase (more commonly found with an "e" at the end of that first word, but it shows up both ways). VinnieRattolle
  • If nobody has any objections, I'm gonna tentatively follow through on the move and some careful reformatting to make it seamless in a couple days. If you have a problem with that, or, heck, even if you agree, pipe up, please! - Vianello (talk) 02:18, 10 June 2008 (UTC)