Origin: UK. A person is like a bad penny when he is unwanted yet always "turns up" at unexpected times. The term came from a penny that had its rim bent("turned up") and was useless and of course unwanted, as it wouldn't go into the coin slot of a stall in the public loo.
by Like a bad Penny July 28, 2018

by $uucideboy$ November 10, 2018

by Derien March 29, 2009

Penny Piggy is Like Peppa Pig, Penny Is uninfected in Distorted Memory In George Piggy's nightmare in Mall, Is Face Like Piggy
by MaxcellTheProDictionary December 13, 2020

archaic an item of little value, relating back to 'pennies' having a value equal to of 1/5,000th of an ounce of gold in English and American coinage of the 19th Century. Approximately $3 USD in 2018.
Here’s the thing… I don’t give a ten-penny fuck about your moral conundrum, you meat-headed shit-sack… That’s more or less the thing.
- Bill the Butcher, Gangs of New York
- Bill the Butcher, Gangs of New York
by Vulvavore April 19, 2018

by Dek Ingraham August 15, 2005
