"Bad Out" is a phrase simply meaning interesting, fascinating, amusing or exceptional.
Bad Out is grammatically incorrect and considered slang similar to:
cool, groovy, or any
urban saying.
Bad Out was coined by Ellis Benus in 2009 while working with Y107 (106.9) of Zimmer Radio Group in Columbia, Missouri.
Mr. Benus preferred a phrase similar to Bad Ass, but wanted something which lacked profanity.
Cosmo & JC of Y107'
s morning show started using the phrase on the
air. The phrase has caught on over
time and has now been heard nearly coast-to-coast.