OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 18768

badass

/ˈbædæs/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
caperuzo • capo • chingón • choro • chulo • gánster • malote • padrote
A person considered impressive due to courage, skill, daring, audacity, and/or toughness.
"I'm a badass." (Jack Nicholson to a New York friend, early 1973.)
The Oakland Raiders are one of the few teams that I have any feelings for besides the Steelers. Nowadays they're a bunch of wannabe badasses, but back in the day they were somethin…