Badass

[Angry Floof]

In the US, the term "badass" is used as a compliment. Even if it's aimed at criminals, it conveys an admiration of cleverness or fearlessness or defiance.

Some on facebook are arguing that it's an insult in the US. Is there any pocket of our popular culture that uses the word "badass" as an insult? Other than sarcasm, if I heard someone call someone a badass as an insult, I'd think they were probably not from the US.

What do you say?

 

[bilby]

In the US, the term "badass" is used as a compliment. Even if it's aimed at criminals, it conveys an admiration of cleverness or fearlessness or defiance.

Some on facebook are arguing that it's an insult in the US. Is there any pocket of our popular culture that uses the word "badass" as an insult? Other than sarcasm, if I heard someone call someone a badass as an insult, I'd think they were probably not from the US.

What do you say?

If "Rocket Man" can be used as an insult, then why not "badass"?

 

[Angry Floof]

In the US, the term "badass" is used as a compliment. Even if it's aimed at criminals, it conveys an admiration of cleverness or fearlessness or defiance.

Some on facebook are arguing that it's an insult in the US. Is there any pocket of our popular culture that uses the word "badass" as an insult? Other than sarcasm, if I heard someone call someone a badass as an insult, I'd think they were probably not from the US.

What do you say?

If "Rocket Man" can be used as an insult, then why not "badass"?

lol. Well, mainly because people would misunderstand you. Like if you called the Rocket Man "badass" people here would just think you're an idiot.

 

[Jayjay]

Well, these three "Bad ass" movies are insults to everyone's intelligence:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1928330
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2996648
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3525346

 

[Underseer]

There are a lot of regional dialects and a lot of subcultures with their own slang, so who the fuck knows?

I've never heard of anyone using "badass" as an insult, but my answer is hardly definitive.

 

[bilby]

There are a lot of regional dialects and a lot of subcultures with their own slang, so who the fuck knows?

I've never heard of anyone using "badass" as an insult, but my answer is hardly definitive.

That's a truly badass response.

 

[Loren Pechtel]

http://www.playboytv.com/show/badass/

 

[Thomas II]

In the US, the term "badass" is used as a compliment. Even if it's aimed at criminals, it conveys an admiration of cleverness or fearlessness or defiance.

Some on facebook are arguing that it's an insult in the US. Is there any pocket of our popular culture that uses the word "badass" as an insult? Other than sarcasm, if I heard someone call someone a badass as an insult, I'd think they were probably not from the US.

What do you say?

Do you think she's "badass"? (This is a picture of a woman in Santiago, Chile, being defiant during a pro-democracy protest)

 

[Angry Floof]

She's definitely badass.

 

[hurtinbuckaroo]

In the US, the term "badass" is used as a compliment. Even if it's aimed at criminals, it conveys an admiration of cleverness or fearlessness or defiance.

Some on facebook are arguing that it's an insult in the US. Is there any pocket of our popular culture that uses the word "badass" as an insult? Other than sarcasm, if I heard someone call someone a badass as an insult, I'd think they were probably not from the US.

What do you say?

Do you think she's "badass"? (This is a picture of a woman in Santiago, Chile, being defiant during a pro-democracy protest)

Oh, yeah.

My definition is "someone not to be messed with". Not an insult.

 

[funinspace]

What do you say?

Never heard of it as an insult, but then I think FaceButt is mostly full of shit anyway. Badass is a more polite version of BMF

 

[Underseer]

In the US, the term "badass" is used as a compliment. Even if it's aimed at criminals, it conveys an admiration of cleverness or fearlessness or defiance.

Some on facebook are arguing that it's an insult in the US. Is there any pocket of our popular culture that uses the word "badass" as an insult? Other than sarcasm, if I heard someone call someone a badass as an insult, I'd think they were probably not from the US.

What do you say?

Do you think she's "badass"? (This is a picture of a woman in Santiago, Chile, being defiant during a pro-democracy protest)

She is genuinely badass. Kind of reminds me of:

 

[Thomas II]

 

[Thomas II]

Laird Hamilton

 

[Thomas II]

Banksy

 

[Thomas II]

Marlice Van Vuuren

 

[Thomas II]

 

[Angry Floof]

I would call all of those badass, especially the cats!

 

[Thomas II]

 

[Thomas II]

Desmond Doss