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badass

[bad-as] / ˈbædˌæs /
NOUN
(vulgar) distinctively tough person
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The video was posted the day after Bob and I attended an adoption event held by Badass Animal Rescue, the organization that, four months earlier, had transported Bob to Brooklyn from a Georgia shelter.

From Slate • Sep. 4, 2025

The hearings also gave us the Best Badass moment of the year: behind-the-scenes footage of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi when the Capitol was under siege.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 4, 2022

The founder of Bonnie Marcus Leadership in Santa Barbara, California, she coaches women on how to advance their careers and hosts the podcast Badass Women at Any Age.

From BBC • Sep. 12, 2020

Matching containers look great for Instagram and Pinterest, but Katrina Green, founder of Badass Homelife in Sacramento, wants to relieve would-be organizers of the pressure of uniformity.

From Washington Post • Aug. 14, 2020

The thing about Badass Finch is that guys like Ryan Cross don’t intimidate him for long.

From "All The Bright Places" by Jennifer Niven




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