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A shortened version of bad ass/badass. It is also a "cleaner" alternative to using the real word, like if you're around kids or something. Used less often when referring to a person though (as is the case with "bad ass"), more often used to describe object, events, etc. Also IM/text shorthand for bad ass.
"Dude that shirt is bad a!"

Cindi: "Are you going to the concert?"
Rick: "Yeah, I hear it's supposed to be totally bad a."
bad a by Mountain Girl October 17, 2008
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poeple who dont giva a crap about nothing
Girl your a super bad A now! cuz u in the BASC!
bad a by jenns December 5, 2003

Bad A-Word Gnome 

A short person that calls themself badass, but won't swear. They're also really bad at Transformer video games.
Christopher is such a Bad A-Word Gnome.
Bad A-Word Gnome by Super Slicks August 3, 2018
1. one who is not quite a bad ass but is bad none the less
2. one who bashes without a basketball or uses the quaker defense while someone else is bashing
1. he rolled up in a metro like a bad a
2. he thinks he's a bad a when he bashes on that 8 year old
bad a's by JayJ July 15, 2005

bad-a-boxic

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bad-a-boxic by loverboy14 December 20, 2014

bad-a-ness 

The condition or attribute of smthg being Bad A.
Dude, this is sheer bad-a-ness!!
bad-a-ness by Bueno BlainO June 26, 2018

A bad amount of money 

It's like, the worst amount.
"It's just that spent a bad amount of money recording this album and I really want to know what your opinion is." -Amir Blumendfeld
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