Badass

/ˈbæd.æs/ adjective

Someone or something that is impressively tough, cool, or fearless in a rebellious way.

American slang combining 'bad' (used ironically to mean good since the 1980s) and 'ass' (emphatic suffix); popularized by hip-hop culture and action movies in the 1980s-90s.

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