bad-johnn.

Brit.

/ˈbaddʒɒn/, U.S.

/ˈbæ(d)ˌdʒɑn/, Caribbean English

/ˈbaː(d)ˌdʒɑn/,

/ˈbaːdˌdʒʌn/

Forms: also with capital initial(s).

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: bad adj., John n.

Etymology: < bad adj. + John n., probably originally after Bad John, alias of John Archer, a notorious habitual criminal in Trinidad in the early 20th cent. Compare:1907 Port of Spain Gaz. 26 Nov. 5 Archer alias Bad John was charged by Johnston with being armed with a weapon..for the purpose of committing a felony... [His] record is so well known that it was not asked for.

Caribbean (originally Trinidad).

A ruffian; a hooligan or miscreant.

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the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > violent behaviour > [noun] > person

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ruffy?a1513

ruffiana1525

pander1593

thunderbolt1593

bully1604

ruffiano1611

tearer1633

violentoa1661

boy1662

violent1667

hardhead1774

Arab1788

ring-tailed roarer1828

blood-tub1853

tornado1863

stormer1886

hooligan1898

Apache1902

ned1910

rough-up1911

radge1923

goonda1926

pretty-boy1931

tough baby1932

bad-john1935

hoon1938

shit-kicker1954

tough boy1958

oafo1959

ass-kicker1962

droog1962

trog1983

1935 Port of Spain Gaz. 17 Jan. (heading) Defence counsel suggests deceased was a ‘Bad John’.

1956 A. Pearse in Caribbean Q. 4 192 It was the..matadors, bad-johns,..the jamette class, who dominated the Carnival of the day.

1979 Express (Port of Spain, Trinidad) 19 Aug. 22 A revenge calypso of his encourages the police to step up action against ‘hooligans’ of the area. The Chief of these is Fisheye, who had always enjoyed his notoriety as a ‘bad-john’.

1990 W. Chen in S. Brown Caribbean New Wave 54 He bad like crab and not only that, he know more badjohns than you.

2003 K. Kwei-Armah Elmina's Kitchen i. ii. 21 You may frighten all them others round here, I don't 'fraid you young bad-johns.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	bad-john
释义	bad-johnn. Brit. /ˈbaddʒɒn/, U.S. /ˈbæ(d)ˌdʒɑn/, Caribbean English /ˈbaː(d)ˌdʒɑn/, /ˈbaːdˌdʒʌn/ Forms: also with capital initial(s). Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: bad adj., John n. Etymology: < bad adj. + John n., probably originally after Bad John, alias of John Archer, a notorious habitual criminal in Trinidad in the early 20th cent. Compare:1907 Port of Spain Gaz. 26 Nov. 5 Archer alias Bad John was charged by Johnston with being armed with a weapon..for the purpose of committing a felony... [His] record is so well known that it was not asked for. Caribbean (originally Trinidad). A ruffian; a hooligan or miscreant. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > violent behaviour > [noun] > person tyrant1377 routera1500 termagant1508 ruffy?a1513 ruffiana1525 pander1593 thunderbolt1593 bully1604 ruffiano1611 tearer1633 violentoa1661 boy1662 violent1667 hardhead1774 Arab1788 ring-tailed roarer1828 blood-tub1853 tornado1863 stormer1886 hooligan1898 Apache1902 ned1910 rough-up1911 radge1923 goonda1926 pretty-boy1931 tough baby1932 bad-john1935 hoon1938 shit-kicker1954 tough boy1958 oafo1959 ass-kicker1962 droog1962 trog1983 1935 Port of Spain Gaz. 17 Jan. (heading) Defence counsel suggests deceased was a ‘Bad John’. 1956 A. Pearse in Caribbean Q. 4 192 It was the..matadors, bad-johns,..the jamette class, who dominated the Carnival of the day. 1979 Express (Port of Spain, Trinidad) 19 Aug. 22 A revenge calypso of his encourages the police to step up action against ‘hooligans’ of the area. The Chief of these is Fisheye, who had always enjoyed his notoriety as a ‘bad-john’. 1990 W. Chen in S. Brown Caribbean New Wave 54 He bad like crab and not only that, he know more badjohns than you. 2003 K. Kwei-Armah Elmina's Kitchen i. ii. 21 You may frighten all them others round here, I don't 'fraid you young bad-johns. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1935
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