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bad-ass
adjective
excellent; worthy of respect, tough US, 1955
Originally black usage but now more widely known.- I told him about hanging out with those bad-ass boys. — Claude Brown, Manchild in the Promised Land, p. 10, 1965
- My good time badass fuckaround is going out of style. — Hunter S. Thompson, The Proud Highway, p. 509, 18 April 1965: Letter to Paul Semonin
- A truly badass movie! — San Francisco Examiner, p. 27, 19 July 1974
- Now down on the ground in a great big ring / Lived a bad-ass lion who knew he was king. — Dennis Wepman et al., The Life, p. 22, 1976
- [b]ut they were baaaaad-ass cops. Way too macho to talk about it. — Joseph Wambaugh, Lines and Shadows, p. 103, 1984
- You bad-ass little spick. How are you, honey? — Boogie Nights, 1997
- Ditched testosterone powered riffs for emotion driven songs. Badass stuff. — Metal Hammer, p. 5, May 2001
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