In addition to referring to an illegitimate child, bastard is an excellent filler word.

1) Fish excrement.
2) An insult.
3) Somebody born without a father.

1.n An insult, roughly equivalent to bitch, meaning "illegitamite child". Kind of an indirect assault on one's mother.
2.adv Roughly equivalent to "insanely", "incredibly" or "amazingly". Used to modify ideas. Kind of like an interjection like "Fuck!", only used with another word.

A child, male or female, born with out their parents being married before their birth.
Not before creation, just before birth.

A person who gets anything he wants without even trying.

A child born out of wedlock