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
Get the Bad Pennymug. by $uucideboy$ November 10, 2018
Get the Pennymug. by Derien March 29, 2009
Get the penny bombmug. by lank October 8, 2003
Get the shitty penniesmug. by Thomas23245d-money6756 January 2, 2014
Get the breaking penniesmug. 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
Get the Ten-pennymug. 