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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’
by 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?