Browsing page 6 of words meaning bad qualities (520 words total)

adjective

• off-brand. Typically implies lower cost and lower quality than a mainstream brand.

  That bobo toilet paper just doesn't feel as nice as the good stuff.

  • See more words with the same meaning: bad, poor, sucks, common, generally displeasing.

  Last edited on Dec 08 2002. Submitted by Teresa Burch from Troy, AL, USA on Dec 08 2002.

• false; untrue.

  Man, that's bobo.

  • See more words with the same meaning: nonsense, lies.

  Last edited on Jan 04 2003. Submitted by Jeremy J. from Mobile, AL, USA on Jan 04 2003.

• crazy, stupid, silly, or weird. From the Spanish word "bobo," meaning "foolish" or "fool."

  She really did that? She's so bobo.

  • See more words with the same meaning: crazy, insane, weird, strange.
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  Last edited on Mar 02 2003. Submitted by Jenn from Chapel Hill, NC, USA on Mar 02 2003.

noun

• a person who is a "balance of bourgeois and bohemian".

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
  
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  • See more words with the same meaning: miscellaneous insults (list of).

  Last edited on Nov 26 2011. Submitted by Ingrid V. on Aug 04 2004.

adjective

• "bored".

  I'm so boed.

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  • See more words with the same meaning: boring.

  Last edited on Jun 14 2010. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Jun 14 2010.

interjection

• used to express displeasure, disagreement, disappointment, or disgust.

  Do I want to see a movie? Bof!

  • See more words with the same meaning: exclamations (list of).

  Last edited on Dec 25 2002. Submitted by Nick S. from Cape Elizabeth, ME, USA on Dec 25 2002.

noun

• acronym of "Boring Old Fart", meaning "boring old person."
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  • See more words with the same meaning: boring.
  • See more words with the same meaning: old person.

  Last edited on Mar 24 2003. Submitted by M. J. from Dallas, TX, USA on Mar 24 2003.

• a meeting or gathering about shared interests. Usually held during a larger meeting, e.g. a conference. Acronym for "birds of (a) feather."
  • See more words with the same meaning: a party, event, gathering, meeting.
  • See more words with the same meaning: friend, friends.

  Last edited on Aug 11 2009. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Aug 11 2009.

verb

• to steal, monopolize, or hog.

  Don't Bogart my cookies!

  Don't Bogart the smell of the fart!

  • See more words with the same meaning: stingy or greedy.
  • See more words with the same meaning: to steal.

  Last edited on Apr 19 2013. Submitted by Emily M. from UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA on Jan 13 1998.

• to force.

  I'm going to Bogart my way into this party.

  Don't try to Bogart me into doing anything.

  • See more words with the same meaning: to force.

  Last edited on Jan 17 2011. Submitted by Bill M. from Toledo, OH, USA on Sep 07 2003.

origin

• The band Fraternity of Man has a song called "Don't Bogart Me," circa the late 1960s. Lyrics include: "Don't Bogart that joint, my friend, pass it over to me."

  Last edited on Mar 12 1998. Submitted by Dan Day from MA, USA on Mar 12 1998.

• Possibly from the movie The Roaring Twenties. In the movie, Jimmy Cagney offers Humphrey Bogart his cigarette to share Bogart smokes the entire thing.

  Last edited on May 06 2011. Submitted by Geoffrey W. on Jul 14 2004.

adjective

• displeasing; of poor quality; "uncool".

  Don't talk to him, he's bogus.

  That was a bogus movie.

  • See more words with the same meaning: bad, poor, sucks, common, generally displeasing.

  Last edited on Apr 09 2013. Submitted by Dan Piersol on Apr 27 1998.

• counterfeit.

  That's a bogus watch.

  • See more words with the same meaning: counterfeit.

  Last edited on Apr 27 1998. Submitted by Dan Piersol on Apr 27 1998.

• working, but unsafe or prone to breakdown. Lab-speak, often used in engineering circles.

  This is a pretty bogus setup.

  • See more words with the same meaning: broken.

  Last edited on Nov 17 2002. Submitted by Dmitri S. from Sunnyvale, CA, USA on Nov 17 2002.

• untrue.

  Nearly everything in that presentation was bogus.

  • See more words with the same meaning: nonsense, lies.

  Last edited on Nov 12 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Nov 12 2011.

adjective

• bad.

  I went to see the football. It was a bollocks match.

  He was really crap at football, but he thought he was the bollocks.

  • See more words with the same meaning: bad, poor, sucks, common, generally displeasing.

  Last edited on Apr 19 2013. Submitted by Matthew R. from Blackpool, United Kingdom on May 31 2004.

interjection

• exclamation to denote general sorrow, despair, or disappointment.

  Oh, bollocks!

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  • See more words with the same meaning: to be sad, disappointed.

  Last edited on Oct 01 2001. Submitted by Anonymous on Oct 01 2001.

• exclamation of disbelief.

                                                                      
  
                                         
  
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  Last edited on Nov 19 2012. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Jan 12 2011.

noun - plural

• lies.

  What a load of bollocks!

  That conspiracy theory is complete bollocks.

  • See more words with the same meaning: nonsense, lies.

  Last edited on Apr 19 2013. Submitted by Michael Fraser from New York, NY, USA on Dec 03 1997.

• something broken or messed up.

  You made a right bollocks of that.

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  Last edited on Aug 05 2010. Submitted by Steve on Oct 11 1999.

• exaggerated stories.

  As usual Malcolm came to the pub and talked non-stop bollocks all evening.

  • See more words with the same meaning: nonsense, lies.

  Last edited on Aug 05 2010. Submitted by Matthew R. from Blackpool, United Kingdom on May 31 2004.

verb - transitive

• to screw up.

  You've really bollocksed that up.

  • See more words with the same meaning: to make a mistake, be incorrect, err.

  Last edited on Aug 05 2010. Submitted by Steve on Oct 11 1999.

notes

• "Bollocks" is also the present tense and plural form of bollock.

  I have itchy bollocks.

  • See more words with the same meaning: testicles.

  Last edited on Nov 19 2012. Submitted by Andy from Maidenhead, Windsor and Maidenhead, UK on Aug 21 1997.

origin

• Origin: UK.
  • See more words with the same meaning: British, UK slang (list of).

  Last edited on Dec 02 2012. Submitted by Michael Fraser from New York, NY, USA on Dec 03 1997.

adjective

• good; excellent; "cool". See also the bomb.

  That movie is really bomb!

  • See more words with the same meaning: good, okay, cool, awesome, fun.

  Last edited on Mar 11 2011. Submitted by Kenneth G. from Miami University, USA on Nov 17 1997.

adverb

• well.

  I hear the customers tip bomb there.

  Last edited on Apr 29 2010. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Apr 29 2010.

noun

• in American football, a long forward pass.
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  Last edited on Sep 02 2009. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Sep 02 2009.

noun - uncountable

• good marijuana.

  I've some bomb.

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  Last edited on Jul 24 2010. Submitted by Paolo T. on Jul 08 2004.

• drug inventory.

  I just need to work this bomb right quick.

  Last edited on Jul 24 2010. Submitted by M. Dollaz from Palatka, FL, USA on May 01 2010.

verb

• to be disappointing.

  That party bombed.

  • See more words with the same meaning: bad, poor, sucks, common, generally displeasing.
  • See more words with the same meaning: to be sad, disappointed.
  • See more words with the same meaning: to lose, be defeated, fail.

  Last edited on Jan 09 2003. Submitted by Anonymous on Jan 09 2003.

• to fail.

  That movie bombed in the theatres.

  • See more words with the same meaning: to lose, be defeated, fail.

  Last edited on Jan 09 2003. Submitted by Anonymous on Jan 09 2003.

• to drive fast and recklessly.

  He came bombing down the street and almost hit us.

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  • See more words with the same meaning: wild, ridiculous, extreme.

  Last edited on Nov 18 2005. Submitted by Carmen E. on Nov 18 2005.

• to malfunction.

  WinZip bombs when I try to integrity check an archive.

  • See more words with the same meaning: to break, ruin, destroy.
  • See more words with the same meaning: to lose, be defeated, fail.

  Last edited on Nov 04 2011. Submitted by WalterGR (via TheJargonFile) on Sep 06 2009.

verb - transitive

• to put graffiti on something; "tag". Also bomber (a person who "bombs,") etc.

  Phase one was one of the best train bombers.

  • See more words with the same meaning: graffiti (related to).

  Last edited on Mar 11 2011. Submitted by Shin on Nov 30 2002.