the usual, ordinary

badmouthing done in the target's absence

even if one says

always, invariably, all the time / usually / (with a negative verb) never

(literary) they (about women or girls)

(colloquial) a girlfriend (a female partner in a romantic relationship)

(formal) Female third-person singular pronoun; she, her, girlfriend

to say, to tell somebody / to call, to name, to give a name / to cry, to call, to make a noise (such as an animal)

in other words; what I (you, etc.) mean is

to startle; to surprise; to astonish