Slang dictionary
badd
[bad]
What does聽badd mean?
No, it’s not a typo. If someone is聽badd, they aren’t actually bad, they’re so cool that they’re great. It’s often seen in the complimentary compound badd bitch.
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Where does badd come from?
Bad聽is established as slang for “good” by the 1800s. It might seem like an odd transition for the term to make, but it’s really simple in reality: Someone rebellious would be bad in the eyes of the establishment but exciting in the eyes of their peers.
As with so much of the best slang, we have hip-hop to thank for popularizing the specific spelling聽badd, which joins other deliberate slang misspellings such as thicc,听succ, or聽phat. We can trace the alternate spelling back to at least the early 1980s with R&B band Color Me Badd, whose extra letter聽D suggests they are extra bad.
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In the 2000s, popular artists incorporated this alternate spelling into songs like the Ying Yang Twins’ 2006 “Badd.” It’s clear from this song’s lyrics that being聽badd isn’t a bad thing at all:
You want this money then you gotta be a badd bitch
Shake that ass for the tip if you a badd bitch
Drop it down to the floor if you a badd bitch
Aw nah she ain’t no ho she just a badd bitch
In this sense being聽badd (especially being a聽badd bitch) is a compliment. Being聽badd means being self-aware, self-made, and sexy.
It wasn’t just the Ying Yang Twins: hip-hop group Ratking’s first music video for their 2005 song “Badd” caused the highest spike in Google searches for the term so far, and Nicki Minaj has been rapping about being a聽badd bitch since her 2009 collaboration with Lil Wayne on “I Get Crazy.”
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Who uses badd?
Badd is most often used in an overtly sexual context today. Whether it’s聽B.A.D.D. Magazine releasing its summer聽badd girls calendar of “Beautiful Ambitious Distinctive Divas” (adult film stars and models) or a social-media user posting a provocative selfie, being聽badd is about being unabashedly sexy.
Have you ordered your copy of one of the hottest calendars of 2018-19? The gorgeous goes BADD and she鈥檚 so good at it. Hit the link to order yours
鈥� B.A.D.D. Magazine (@BADDMAG)
So badd, she mean business
鈥� Meko (@UmekoEvans)
It’s common to see聽badd in a compound as聽badd bitch. In the same spirit as the Ying Yang Twins, the term is a compliment in contemporary usage. A聽badd bitch is an attractive woman who knows what she wants and goes for it, especially in her social or sexual life. As such, it’s unsurprising that many women proudly identify themselves as a聽badd bitch聽and many men say they need a聽badd bitch in their life.
If I died today… I鈥檓 glad with what the imprint of my life has left so far. A badd bitch with nothin but good times & good vibes. Good heart & good food . Shawdy legit . But I bet not die for another 99 years tho . I got a lotta shit left to do
鈥� Ly 馃尮馃ァ (@LyTonah)
Lmaooo really doe, if she not a badd bitch wit some paper I swear she not on my Resume.
鈥� Levi (@HatTrick_Le)
It’s not all big booties and stacks of paper, though. Sometimes, being聽badd is seen as superficial or fake, as if someone is trying to portray a carefree, confident facade without walking the walk.
The Funniest shit is when you see a So Called badd bitch beggin a nigga to deal with em 馃槀馃槀馃槀 Y鈥檃ll Bitches thirstBuckets
鈥� 馃悙BabyGoat馃槑 (@Lil55st)
B.A.D.D. is, incidentally, also the acronym for the organization聽Bikers Against Drunk Driving. And while we’re sure the bikers are confident and sexy in their own right, the abbreviation has nothing to do with the slang meaning of the term聽badd.
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