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bad thing
(foldoc) | Bad Thing
(From the 1930 Sellar & Yeatman parody "1066 And All
That") Something that can't possibly result in improvement of
the subject. This term is always capitalised, as in
"Replacing all of the 9600-baud modems with bicycle couriers
would be a Bad Thing".
Opposite: Good Thing.
British correspondents confirm that Bad Thing and {Good
Thing} (and probably 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.
[Jargon File]
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bad thing
(jargon) | Bad Thing
n.
[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.
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bad thing
(foldoc) | Bad Thing
(From the 1930 Sellar & Yeatman parody "1066 And All
That") Something that can't possibly result in improvement of
the subject. This term is always capitalised, as in
"Replacing all of the 9600-baud modems with bicycle couriers
would be a Bad Thing".
Opposite: Good Thing.
British correspondents confirm that Bad Thing and {Good
Thing} (and probably 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.
[Jargon File]
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bad thing
(jargon) | Bad Thing
n.
[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.
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