--- title: Republican Debate: Carly Fiorina Said She Was Called B-Words description: She said she was called "every B-word in the book" canonical: https://time.com/4150865/republican-debate-carly-fiorina-b-word/ author: Charlotte Alter article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-12-16T02:35:13.000Z article:modified_time: 2023-12-13T21:57:03.000Z article:section: Politics og:title: Twitter Is Brainstorming Other B-Words for Carly Fiorina og:description: She said she was called "every B-word in the book" og:url: https://time.com/4150865/republican-debate-carly-fiorina-b-word/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd3f7e481f1a219b8/698875883c1639599f45b34d/republican-debate-gop-presidential-019-fb.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 3108 og:image:height: 1626 og:image:alt: CNN Republican Presidential Debate, Las Vegas, America - 15 Dec 2015 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Twitter Is Brainstorming Other B-Words for Carly Fiorina twitter:description: She said she was called "every B-word in the book" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd3f7e481f1a219b8/698875883c1639599f45b34d/republican-debate-gop-presidential-019-fb.jpg?branch=production ---  # Twitter Is Brainstorming Other B-Words for Carly Fiorina  by [Charlotte Alter](https://time.com/author/charlotte-alter/)  ## Charlotte Alter Senior Correspondent Updated: Dec 13, 2023 9:57 PM UTCPublished: Dec 16, 2015 2:35 AM UTC  Carly Fiorina at the Republican Presidential Debate in Las Vegas on Dec. 15, 2015. Carly Fiorina at the Republican Presidential Debate in Las Vegas on Dec. 15, 2015.Matt Baron—BEI/Shutterstock  by [Charlotte Alter](https://time.com/author/charlotte-alter/)  ## Charlotte Alter Senior Correspondent Updated: Dec 13, 2023 9:57 PM UTCPublished: Dec 16, 2015 2:35 AM UTC In her opening statements at [Tuesday night’s Republican debate](http://time.com/4149585/republican-debate-donald-trump-ted-cruz-jeb-bush-cnn/), Carly Fiorina said she “fought my way to the top of corporate America while being called every B-word in the book.” Of course, everyone knows what one of those B-words might be (it rhymes with “witch,”) but what other b-words could Fiorina be talking about? Twitter was aflutter with speculation. Fiorina [has said](http://time.com/3981315/carly-fiorina-sexism-campaign-silicon-valley/) she’s been called a “bimbo,” and of course powerful women are often unfairly called that other word-that-sounds-like-witch, but what other words could she be talking about? > [](https://twitter.com/PFTompkins/status/676943326768156673) > [](https://twitter.com/JoeMande/status/676943385073213445) > [](https://twitter.com/politicoroger/status/676943869498535936) > [](https://twitter.com/Zobeida%5FJ/status/676947994080604160) > [](https://twitter.com/fmanjoo/status/676943389846319105) > [](https://twitter.com/njasminej/status/676944860662861825) > [](https://twitter.com/triciacotham/status/676962917204533249) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4150865/republican-debate-carly-fiorina-b-word/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4150865/republican-debate-carly-fiorina-b-word/"},"headline":"Twitter Is Brainstorming Other B-Words for Carly Fiorina","datePublished":"2015-12-16T02:35:13.000Z","dateModified":"2023-12-13T21:57:03.000Z","description":"She said she was called \"every B-word in the book\"","url":"https://time.com/4150865/republican-debate-carly-fiorina-b-word/","keywords":["Debates","Social Media","twitter","Carly Fiorina","Republican debate"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd3f7e481f1a219b8/698875883c1639599f45b34d/republican-debate-gop-presidential-019-fb.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Charlotte Alter","jobTitle":"Senior Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/charlotte-alter/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd3f7e481f1a219b8/698875883c1639599f45b34d/republican-debate-gop-presidential-019-fb.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"CNN Republican Presidential Debate, Las Vegas, America - 15 Dec 2015","caption":"CNN Republican Presidential Debate, Las Vegas, America - 15 Dec 2015","creditText":"Matt Baron—BEI/Shutterstock","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/debates/","name":"Debates"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4150865/republican-debate-carly-fiorina-b-word/","name":"Twitter Is Brainstorming Other B-Words for Carly Fiorina"}}]}] ```