bad news bears

a phrase used in response to bad news or situations.

The Royal Tenenbaums isn't playing tonight? Bad news bears :(

by Bungalow Bill December 16, 2001

Bad news bears

describes something negative. derived from the children's book series "the berenstein bears", one of the books was called "bad news bears." mostly used by hipsters and anyone who grew up reading those books.

"it's raining out today, that's bad news bears"

by Colleen June 13, 2004

bad news bears

Adj: An unlucky or hopeless state of affairs.

My wife walking in and watching the baby sitter wipe my man goo from her chin was bad news bears.

by wordman April 14, 2003

bad news bears

A phrase use in response to recieving news of some sort of misforturnate occurance.

Person A: Did you hear that Chris Broke his leg?

Person B: Yeah bad news bears

by Matt0912 August 6, 2009

bad news bears

in the process of receiving, or just after hearing, unfortunate information this statement may be appropriate or necessary

Friend 1: I was walking past your house the other day, and I saw your wife was presenting herself to me... anyway i ended up breaking most of your furniture in the ensuing lovemaking.
Friend 2: What?!?! I loved that furniture, and that whole wife thing is pretty bad news bears too.

by tibbs-the-great February 21, 2019

hella bad news bears

A combination of the terms hella and bad news bears, defining something that is extremely bad, so much so that neither term on its own will completely encompass the magnitude of the situation

Wow, you got pulled over by the cops while you were drunk, and had weed in the car? That's hella bad news bears.

by the philanthropic arsonist February 28, 2009

bad news bears

A phrase used to describe something that is comical yet completely bizarre.

The fact that this phrase is now an official definition...Wow, that's bad news bears.

by KettlerID March 25, 2004