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bad boy, n.
Brit. |ˈbad bɔɪ|, U.S. |ˈbæd ˌbɔɪ|
[‹ bad adj. + boy n.1, with (humorous) allusion to the noun phrase bad boy in the general sense ‘ill-behaved male child’ (see e.g. quot. 1798 bad adj. 7). Compare bad girl n.]
1. colloq. (orig. U.S.). A man who does not conform to expected or approved standards of conduct; a rebel. With of or genitive indicating the sphere in which he is so regarded.
1860N.Y. Times 9 Mar. 4/3 We of New York who do duty so constantly in the British Press as the model ‘bad boys’ of Christendom. 1945G. Antheil (title) Bad boy of music. 1986Telegraph (Brisbane) 21 July 15/2 Ross Strudwick and Greg Holben are concerned their ‘bad boy’ images as players have put referees off-side with them. 1993N.Y. Times Mag. 24 Oct. 119/2 The next wave of girls and boys fell in thrall to fashion's bad boys, subversive dressers like Elvis and James Dean. 2000B. Haring Beyond Charts i. 14 The one time bad boy of rock 'n roll whose days of drinking, snorting and carousing at Sony were the stuff of industry legend.
2. colloq. (chiefly U.S.) (orig. in African-American usage). Something considered extremely effective or impressive.
1969Afro Amer. 10 May 31/5 The [Howard University] administration has been selling (wolf) tickets with their TRO's (Temporary Restraining Orders) all year; and the students just cashed in one of those bad boys! 1974V. E. Smith Jones Men 139, I finally got this bad boy together bout six, seven months. 1996Arkansas Democrat-Gaz. (Nexis) 22 Mar. 1 b, We went 142 mph in that bad boy. 2004Knowledge Apr. 16/3 Sonic Impact Technologies has linked Nike affiliate Savier to make the badboy you see on this page. |