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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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.
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 …
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 …
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 …
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?
Why is the plural form of "life" "lives", while the plural form of ...
When bad measures street cred, its superlative is baddest, not worst. The past tense of input is, for many people, inputted (as in Who inputted these data?), even though the past tense of put …