Bad and Wrong: adj. [Durham, UK] Said of something that is both
badly designed and wrongly executed. This common term is the
prototype of, and is used by contrast with, three less common terms
- Bad and Right (a kludge, something ugly but functional); Good and
Wrong (an overblown GUI or other attractive nuisance); and (rare
praise) Good and Right. These terms entered common use at Durham
c.1994 and may have been imported from elsewhere. There are
standard abbreviations: they start with B&R, a typo for "Bad and
Wrong". Consequently, B&W is actually "Bad and Right", G&R = "Good
and Wrong", and G&W = "Good and Right". Compare evil and rude,
Good Thing, Bad Thing.
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