Definitions for bad thing
This page provides all possible meanings and translations of the word bad thing
An action that yields undesirable results to its subject.
Origin: Originally from the 1930 book 1066 And All That by W.C. Sellar & R.J. Yeatman, popularized through hacker culture.
The New Hacker's Dictionary
[very common; always pronounced as if capitalized. Orig. fr. the 1930 Sellar & Yeatman parody of British history 1066 And All That, but well-established among hackers in the U.S. as well.] Something that can't possibly result in improvement of the subject. This term is always capitalized, as in “Replacing all of the DSL links with bicycle couriers would be a Bad Thing”. Oppose Good Thing. British correspondents confirm that Bad Thing and Good Thing (and prob. therefore Right Thing and Wrong Thing) come from the book referenced in the etymology, which 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 in the U.S. Compare Bad and Wrong.
The numerical value of bad thing in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
The numerical value of bad thing in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
Sample Sentences & Example Usage
Sex is a bad thing because it rumples the clothes.
Additional political scrutiny in defence tenders is never a bad thing.
If this market has a stable level, you can't really say that's a bad thing.
We do n’t want any message to get out there that folic acid is a bad thing.
Failure is not a bad thing, as the process to start up a business is always meaningful.
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