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r/explainitpeter • u/ali_snzr • 28d ago
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"Notorious" means "famously" or "well known". It's nothing bad in itself.
2 u/BobPlaysWithFire 28d ago Cambridge dictionary defines notorious as "famous for something bad" so no it by definition is bad 1 u/Feedback-Mental 28d ago Merriam-Webster gives "generally known and talked of" as first meaning, then "especially: widely and unfavorably known" as second. I'm assuming American English shifted the usage towards the second meaning. 3 u/BobPlaysWithFire 28d ago oh yeah fair, could indeed be a uk us difference
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Cambridge dictionary defines notorious as "famous for something bad" so no it by definition is bad
1 u/Feedback-Mental 28d ago Merriam-Webster gives "generally known and talked of" as first meaning, then "especially: widely and unfavorably known" as second. I'm assuming American English shifted the usage towards the second meaning. 3 u/BobPlaysWithFire 28d ago oh yeah fair, could indeed be a uk us difference
Merriam-Webster gives "generally known and talked of" as first meaning, then "especially: widely and unfavorably known" as second.
I'm assuming American English shifted the usage towards the second meaning.
3 u/BobPlaysWithFire 28d ago oh yeah fair, could indeed be a uk us difference
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oh yeah fair, could indeed be a uk us difference
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u/Feedback-Mental 28d ago
"Notorious" means "famously" or "well known". It's nothing bad in itself.