Is "baddest" a proper word? - English Language & Usage Stack …
The word "baddest" does not describe the least desirable outcome. When talking about the least desirable outcome, the word you want to use is "worst". Many wouldn't accept "baddest" as a …
Can I use "worse, worst" instead of "badder, baddest"?
Jul 16, 2018 · Ooh! - You are awful! I don't think I've ever encountered this kind of "slang semantic inversion" with worse, worst. But I'm an ole fart, so I think badder, baddest = better, best just …
meaning of baddest - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange
Feb 24, 2016 · 4 Check the Urban Dictionary. Baddest, in Urban slang, means the coolest, the toughest, the best. Select in convention usage can have that kind of connotation: this was a …
Does "Bad Ass!" have a positive or negative meaning?
Oct 26, 2015 · Always positive. Although it's a combination of what sounds like two insults, I don't believe "badass" has ever had a negative meaning. The Online Etymology Dictionary traces its …
Where does the slang word "bad" + "ass" (badass) come from?
Aug 31, 2014 · What is the origin of the word badass? Why a "bad" ass/"bad" + "ass"? What is an ass that is bad and how can an ass that is bad describe a tough person?
phrase requests - Was "the mother of all" a common expression …
Oct 19, 2016 · From the ngram it looks to me like it picked up steam in 1987, but then I start looking through the example and they seem to be mostly religious usages for the church being …
idioms - "Worse comes to worst" or "worst comes to worst"
Jan 17, 2011 · Which is correct: worse comes to worst or worst comes to worst? The former seems more logical but the latter is what appears in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary.
More badly and most badly - English Language & Usage Stack …
Apr 5, 2020 · Suppose Jack Sprat and his wife have had nothing to eat for days, so they're both badly in need of food. Obviously Jack himself is more / most badly in need (because he …
History of "dummy" as adverb? - English Language & Usage Stack …
May 3, 2023 · The entry for stupid in Jeremy Sideris & Brittany McWilliams, From Grill to Dome: A Dictionary of African American Words and Phrases (2005) suggests that use of that generally …
What is the original superlative form of well?
Nov 1, 2021 · Well -> weller -> wellest Bad -> badder -> baddest It seems this conundrum is not a new issue conjured to present day, but rather a confusion caused from the irregularity of their …