Badge and Record

Badge

Badge noun - An emblem (a small piece of plastic or cloth or metal) that signifies your status (rank or membership or affiliation etc.).

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Record and badge are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Record" instead a noun "Badge".

Nearby Word: badger

Record noun - A relating of events usually in the order in which they happened.

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Badge and record are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Badge" instead a noun "Record".

Nearby Words: recorded, recording, recorder, recordist, recordable

old	old badge	old record
good	good badge	good record
best	best badge	best record
similar	similar badge	similar record
Other adjectives: fake, single, actual, large, great, personal, new, passing, final, next, last.

It does not state for the record how its ratings systems work, though the best guess of many is that 7.0 is the de facto standard of what is considering a "good" record or album, let alone one that qualifies for the prestigious "Best New Music" badge.

Source: Reviews Are The Gospel
Parodied in the first episode of Hector: Badge of Carnage, when a punk, who desperately wants a record, gets tasered by an old lady.

Source: Quip to Black
Turn in Your Badge (and watch Columbo.) Happens to Jack quite a lot - he holds the record for "Most Suspended Police Officer (UK)" - as much for dramatic purposes as anything else.

Source: Literature / Nursery Crime

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