Bad Thing n.
[very common; from the 1930 Sellar &
Yeatman parody "1066 And All That"] Something that can't
possibly result in improvement of the subject. This term is always
capitalized, as in "Replacing all of the 9600-baud modems with
bicycle couriers would be a Bad Thing". Oppose Good Thing.
British correspondents confirm that Bad Thing and Good Thing
discusses rulers who were Good Kings but Bad Things. This has
apparently created a mainstream idiom on the British side of the
pond. It is very common among American hackers, but not in
mainstream usage here. Compare Bad and Wrong.
[very common; from the 1930 Sellar &
Yeatman parody "1066 And All That"] Something that can't
possibly result in improvement of the subject. This term is always
capitalized, as in "Replacing all of the 9600-baud modems with
bicycle couriers would be a Bad Thing". Oppose Good Thing.
British correspondents confirm that Bad Thing and Good Thing
discusses rulers who were Good Kings but Bad Things. This has
apparently created a mainstream idiom on the British side of the
pond. It is very common among American hackers, but not in
mainstream usage here. Compare Bad and Wrong.
Related:
- Bad Thing: [from the 1930 Sellar & Yeatman parody "1066 And
All That"] n.
Something that can't possibly result in improvement... - Good Thing n.,adj.
[very common; often capitalized;
always pronounced as if capitalized.] 1. Self-evidently... - Good Thing: n.,adj. Often capitalized; always pronounced as if
capitalized.
1. Self-evidently wonderful to anyone in a position... - Bad and Wrong adj.
[Durham, UK] Said of something that
is both badly designed and wrongly executed.
This common term is the prototype of, and is used... - In life there is but one bad thing and one good;
both of them are women... - trap door: alt. `trapdoor' n. 1. Syn. {back door} -
a {Bad Thing}. 2. [techspeak] A `trap-door function'... - oid: [from `android'] suff. 1. Used as in mainstream English to
indicate a poor imitation,
a counterfeit, or some otherwise slightly bogus... - trap door n.
(alt. `trapdoor') 1. Syn. back door
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a Bad Thing. 2. [techspeak] A `trap-door function'... - Read it? Good God, no! It's bad enough to write such a thing."
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Stranger in a Strange Land, Robert A....
