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Thread starter JapanForever Start date Feb 20, JapanForever Senior Member French. English - the Queen's. In my opinion, "bastard" is quite a strong insult, and adding anything doesn't really lessen the effect.
Don't forget that all sorts of people write what they like on the internet, and often use language stronger than they would use face to face, because they feel anonymous. For some people, usually poorly educated and poorly socialised, quite strong language is part of their normal speech and then they effin' wonder why they can't get an effin' job I disagree, I can see what JapanForever means about cheeky lessening the effect.
It's just nuance and obviously it depends on the age of the audience, but, semantically, I don't think bastard carries the same weight it used to, and when it goes with cheeky , I feel that cheeky is the dominant word, and bastard just expresses the frustration of the speaker. It's all a matter of opinion though, and plenty of well-educated and well-socialized people swear a lot and still hold down jobs Although he is not necessarily manipulative and clever most of his movies focus on his embarrassment and lack of understanding American culture he can still be considered a cheeky bastard due to his unique facial expressions and his ongoing awkward encounters with attractive women where Chris Tucker or Owen Wilson are usually very closeby.
Jackie Chan's cheekiness is a clear result of him trying to be a quick, sly undercover cop in action-based comedies based upon stopping crimes in foreign countries usually committed by evil greedy people who are also by definition Example for definition 2: This describes Stewie from Family Guy to a tee: Brian: Oh my god, where's my roast pheasant? Stewie: Hmm. By now, I think its in my lower intestine. Brian: You ate it?
But I told you my boss was coming here for dinner! Stewie: Well, unless he likes pork rinds, he's going home hungry.
Brian: You cheeky bastard! When you insert your penis in between the left cheek of one girl and the right cheek of another girl and thrust at a rapid pace. Dude I had a sick threesome with Ruth and Elane Elendill Elendill 91 1 1 gold badge 1 1 silver badge 2 2 bronze badges.
ODO has: impudent or irreverent, typically in an amusing way. Add a comment. Active Oldest Votes. The NOAD definition aptly captures your intended meaning: cheeky impudent or irreverent, typically in an endearing or amusing way Unfortunately, this word is not too common among American speakers. For instance, you might hear: Little Johnny's such a piece of work. Amy's quite a character. Our five-year-old's got some real spunk. What a zesty little chipmunk!
Jimmy always seems to have a will of his own. As for a better alternative to cheeky , I do not think there is one, except you want to go for either of the following: Impudent — a more formal synonym that would rarely be used in casual conversation.
I quote the relevant NOAD definition: mischievous of a person, animal, or their behavior causing or showing a fondness for causing trouble in a playful way It clearly isn't a direct synonym of cheeky , but it could work very well for related behavioral descriptions. Improve this answer. Jimi Oke Jimi Oke Jimi Oke I don't agree with you that cheeky bastard has a uniformly positive connotation, even amongst Brits who are familiar with it.
For example, check out this scene from the movie Snatch , where Gorgeous George, a boxer, decks out Mikey the piker for calling him "a fat fuck", while replying "cheeky bastard! Gorgeous George Youtube link, starts immediately I have definitely heard the phrase used in other situations where the speaker felt that his antagonist was giving him too much "lip. Billare: I never said anything about cheeky bastard being a positive description.
Heck, the word bastard is not even in my dictionary! Fat fuck and cheeky bastard could be considered obscene, derogatory or loaded insults by some. However, those may be phrases that tough friends may throw at each other without batting eyelids. My answer here was strictly given in the context of parents' description of their children's behaviors.
Some parents may be comfortable describing their child as a mischievous little punk or cheeky brat ; but some may not. I think the tone says a lot, too. Jimi Oke D'oh! I don't know why I put the bastard in italics; sometimes oftentimes, really I write faster than I think. But I think the fact that George put the appellation on an epithet shows that cheeky 's use isn't uniformly positive; he was responding to what he thought was Mikey's audacious responses in what seemed to be a clearly inferior position.
If I've veered too oblique in comment, apologies, so let me be clearer: Cheeky has clear usage amongst Brits when they feel their interlocutor is giving them too much sass.
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