Is "baddest" a proper word? - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange
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 proper …
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 sounds …
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 select gathering …
User Ε Г И І И О - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange
Ε Г И І И О Member for 10 years, 3 months Last seen more than 1 year ago Twitter GitHub elnino.lk Sri Lanka Profiles Meta user Network profile ProfileActivity
phrase requests - Was "the mother of all" a common expression before ...
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 the mother of …
More badly and most badly - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange
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 doesn't have so …
Idiom for a situation where a problem has two simultaneous but ...
Jun 25, 2024 · A colleague of mine, who is a software engineer, recently mentioned that while debugging problems he often finds that, for any given symptom he is investigating, there turn out to …
"Proceed to doing something" or "Proceed to do something"
Jul 27, 2012 · That is an interesting question, and I think the answer is that it depends. In the example you provided, I think both phrases could be considered correct, though I would definitely prefer the …
The "wrought /wreaked havoc" misunderstanding
Feb 7, 2016 · The phrase wrought havoc is the past tense of work havoc. In 1900, the two most common phrases were "wrought havoc" and "work havoc". So it's the phrases wreak havoc and …
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 declensions …