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		marmarama 23 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The architecture of “not bad”: Decoding the Chines... In British English, rather than "very not bad", you might say "not bad at all", which is higher praise than just "not bad".

angled 23 days ago | [–]

Well, if you must…

elcritch 23 days ago | [–]

American Southerners say “ain't half bad”.

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