good job

Considered the most harmful phrase according to the 2014 movie Whiplash, as Terence Fletcher famously states, "There are no two words in the English language more harmful than 'good job.'"

After hearing Terence Fletcher's speech, I realized that the phrase 'good job' can sometimes feel like a trap rather than genuine encouragement—total Good Job syndrome.

by Emotional Cruiser September 21, 2025

took the good with the bad

Basically accepting the negative with the positive - it doesn't take a fucken genius to figure that one out.

wasn't all negative - took the good with the bad.

by Black_Water_ May 19, 2018

fat lot of good

Informal, not at all good or useful.

Paul can't drive so he was a fat lot of good when I broke my arm

by onceuponatime68 February 18, 2017

Good Bounce

Music that makes you jump up and down to the beat, 'bouncing' to the tune of the song

Party goer 1: "This song just makes me want to dance

Party goer 2: "yeah it has such good bounce

by Qwerrtyyuuillassdfgghhjklzxxcv October 6, 2017

Good Morning and God Bless

When you shit, drink coffee, and eat breakfast all while on the toilet.

Ethan, I know you're having a Good Morning and God Bless, but hurry up and finish your fucking egg salad, your carer needs to brush her teeth.

by ReanimationXP May 23, 2018

Showtime Good

Television show that is of decent quality and may be entertaining but not up to production standards or writing caliber of other networks such as HBO.

Person: Did you watch 'xxxxxx' the other night?
Person2: Yeah we watched it.
Person: Worth watching?
Person2: Well... it didn't blow me away but wasn't terrible - it was Showtime Good.

by Robbles December 19, 2020

good one

A good one is a sarcastically spoken term used to describe someone that is being/or is a big douche bag, an idiot, a cheater, a liar, a dumbass, or someone that is an outright fuck tard.

"Did you see that guy over there that thinks he's cool , but he only has 2 teeth? "That guy is a freaking good one! I would never date a good one such as that !

by ThebestJV August 28, 2016