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| == In African-American vernacular English == | == In African-American vernacular English == | ||
| - | In [[African-American vernacular English]], and varieties of American English that have been influenced by it, bad or [[badass]] are frequently used as compliments, an example of rhetorical irony. | + | In [[African-American vernacular English]], and varieties of American English that have been influenced by it, bad or [[badass]] are frequently used as compliments, an example of rhetorical [[irony]]. |
| - | In this sense a synonym is [[fantastic]] and is used in the sense of [[wicked]] in [[British vernacular]]. | + | |
| :You is [sic] bad, man! | :You is [sic] bad, man! | ||
| :Also Bek is "bad" at Madden. | :Also Bek is "bad" at Madden. | ||
| + | In this sense a synonym is [[fantastic]] and is used in the sense of [[wicked]] in [[British vernacular]]. | ||
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Bad is a concept in ethics used to describe undesirable circumstances or events.
Though bad often is used to imply moral turpitude of a person, the term more specifically refers to an unfortunate circumstance. Likewise, bad is often used as a synonym for evil, but can also refer to something flawed or unusable.
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In Nietzsche
The philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche made much of a distinction he drew in German between the böse, ("evil"), which he was prepared to admire, and the schlecht ("bad"), which he disdained; in Nietzsche's thought, evil was powerful, menacing, and dangerous; bad was weak and ineffective.
In African-American vernacular English
In African-American vernacular English, and varieties of American English that have been influenced by it, bad or badass are frequently used as compliments, an example of rhetorical irony.
- You is [sic] bad, man!
- Also Bek is "bad" at Madden.
In this sense a synonym is fantastic and is used in the sense of wicked in British vernacular.
Related
bad girl and boy trope - bad films - bad reputation - bad taste - bad luck - evil - negative - pejorative
Contrast with
See also
- Bad man
- Bad woman
- Good and bad
- Bad (economics), a concept in economics which is used to describe an object or situation that is harmful to the persons affected by it, in contrast to a good
