badly behaved; mildly indecent or playfully mischievous
from 'naught' meaning 'nothing, wickedness'
Naughty comes from 'naught' - when you amount to nothing good!
Naughty carries gendered moral coding: historically applied to women's sexuality and disobedience as transgressive, while masculine disobedience coded as mischief or rebellion.
Use carefully; consider whether gender-coded morality is shaping word choice. 'Mischievous', 'playful', 'rule-breaking', or 'provocative' may be more precise.
["mischievous","playful","provocative","rule-breaking","irreverent"]
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