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Your Guide To Rude Hand Gestures From Around The World

Your Guide To Rude Hand Gestures From Around The World

Alex Wain January 31, 2013 3

Now here’s an ingenious project we can all relate to. Romana Lefevre has paired up with photographer Daniel Castro, to create a book called ‘Rude Hand Gestures of the World‘ – which we dare

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22 Unusual Words You Need To Start Using More Frequently

22 Unusual Words You Need To Start Using More Frequently

Alex Wain December 2, 2012 0

You can never have enough words at your disposal and at the very least, their meanings and interpretations will be the perfect conversation starter. So with that in mind, here’s 22 strange and somewhat

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10 Beautiful Words About Love That Don’t Exist in English

10 Beautiful Words About Love That Don’t Exist in English

Alex Wain November 15, 2012 6

When people talk about love, they often say phrase like “The feeling is indescribable” or “There aren’t the words to express how I feel” which actually, if English is your first language couldn’t be

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18 Fantastic Yet Untranslatable Words From Around The Globe

18 Fantastic Yet Untranslatable Words From Around The Globe

Alex Wain October 16, 2012 3

Following on from our wickedly popular post 25 Handy Words That Don’t Exist In English, we thought it was about time to bring you a few more from across the globe. Despite there being

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The Absurdity Of Collective Animal Nouns

The Absurdity Of Collective Animal Nouns

Alex Wain September 2, 2012 1

We use collective nouns on a daily basis, although many of them such as a “group of people” are more than a little mundane. But when it comes to using collective nouns to describe

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35 Brand New Words Added To The Modern Dictionary

35 Brand New Words Added To The Modern Dictionary

Alex Wain August 3, 2012 5

We recently featured 25 Handy Words That Don’t Exist In English, so it’s only appropriate that we now feature 35 words that actually HAVE recently been added to the The Oxford Dictionary Online (which contains

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9 Utterly Bewildering Movie Title Translations

9 Utterly Bewildering Movie Title Translations

Alex Wain July 18, 2012 1

We’ve all heard the phrase “Lost in translation” right? Now, despite it also being the title of a brilliant movie by Sofia Coppola and starring Bill Murry & the stunning Scarlett Johansson, you can

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10 Imaginary Alphabets You Can Use Everyday

10 Imaginary Alphabets You Can Use Everyday

Alex Wain July 11, 2012 1

Whether you’re a Klingon, Elf, Gnome or futuristic Pharoah it doesn’t matter – here on So Bad So Good, we’ve got you covered. Now thanks to these handy translations of fictional alphabets, you’ll never

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The 7 Longest Words In The English Language

The 7 Longest Words In The English Language

Alex Wain June 5, 2012 5

Before we start, we thought that we should clarify a few points about our selection. Some of these words have been coined, some are scientific terms (which aren’t part of everyday conversation) and some

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Words Of Wisdom From 13 Famous Philosophers

Words Of Wisdom From 13 Famous Philosophers

Alex Wain May 30, 2012 1

Our recent post, “30 Questions To Change The Way You Think” might have got you feeling a little more reflective and philosphical about the world. You’re not alone! Max Temkin has created a series

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