Bad
Bad adjective - Falling short of a standard.
Crack
Crack adjective - Having or showing exceptional knowledge, experience, or skill in a field of endeavor.
Both words in one sentence
- In Aristoi, Zhenling was part of the Big Bad's plan to crack Gabriel's encryptions all along.
Source: Big Bad Friend - Crack, meanwhile, is the heavily-tattooed bouncer of a dive bar in a bad part of town.
Source: Literature / In Death -
Crapsack World: Not quite as bad as the other gamelines, but the good guys are still badly outnumbered, and there's still that Eldritch Abomination trying to crack the wall of humaniy.
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