not half
(British, slang) Greatly; to a considerable extent.
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I'm not half gay, half straight. I'm 100% bisexual.
The orange menace is afraid of dogs and boats. That chicken shit is not half the woman she is.
CORRECTION: It is not half-time yet http://fwp.co/sjbZZw
I had to drive out to Madison on Sunday and paid $25.47 to fast charge along the way. That's not half bad in my book.
Werewolf: The Inner Beast releases tomorrow, got my eye on this one since playing the demo, ignoring the fan service it’s not half bad. Even better they were forced to make the nudity a free DLC, so I don’t have to p…
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(British, slang) Greatly; to a considerable extent.
“I had to drive out to Madison on Sunday and paid $25.47 to fast charge along the way. That's not half bad in my book.”
“Werewolf: The Inner Beast releases tomorrow, got my eye on this one since playing the demo, ignoring the fan service it’s not half bad. Even better they were forced to make the nudity a free DLC, so I don’t have to put up with anything I don’t want to see.”
"So you fancy that girl then?" "Not half!"
“I'm not half gay, half straight. I'm 100% bisexual.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“The orange menace is afraid of dogs and boats. That chicken shit is not half the woman she is.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“CORRECTION: It is not half-time yet http://fwp.co/sjbZZw”
— Bluesky· May 2026“I had to drive out to Madison on Sunday and paid $25.47 to fast charge along the way. That's not half bad in my book.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Werewolf: The Inner Beast releases tomorrow, got my eye on this one since playing the demo, ignoring the fan service it’s not half bad. Even better they were forced to make the nudity a free DLC, so I don’t have to put up with anything I don’t want to see.”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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