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Yes its been around for a while, but the intonation etc clarified the meaning. My brother doesn't say "that is bad", he says "that is bad". Then he gets exasp

• Angostura 8y ago
  Bad to mean good was certainly in playground use in the UK in the 1970s, in London. If something was particularly good - it was ‘well bad’
  • benj111 8y ago
    "without any context/intonation whatsoever" I grew up with that usage, I coped very well with that usage. If I'm talking with my 12 year old mates saying "wow that's well bad" it is obvious what I mean. If I bake a new cake recipe and ask you to try it, and you neutrally reply "that is bad", what am I to infer from that? Not "wow that is well bad", or "that's bad ass", or "mmm that is one bad cake". If Stephen Hawking said "that is bad", what would you infer from that?
    • bartread 8y ago
      > If Stephen Hawking said "that is bad", what would you infer from that? That he'd faked his death.
      • mercer 8y ago
        That comment of yours is bad.