the bad place
A childish or euphemistic substitute for 'Hell,' used to refer to the underworld or place of eternal punishment without using the word directly.
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Yep we’re already in the bad place unfortunately #thebadplace #hell #depressing #lgbtqia #mtf
[dejected] this is The Bad Place
“At least I got a soul still even if I’m in a bad place” The bad place is Oklahoma…
“the way she uses idiom and even cliché” 👀📚🎶 i love her use of idioms!!!! most of my posts about them are still on the bad place unfortunately 😮💨
Why did we have to be born in The Bad Place, Daniel?
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A childish or euphemistic substitute for 'Hell,' used to refer to the underworld or place of eternal punishment without using the word directly. Typically employed by those wishing to avoid profanity or religious language, or in humorous contexts where the word 'Hell' would feel too stark. The phrase gained significant cultural traction through the NBC comedy series 'The Good Place' (2016–2020), where 'The Bad Place' was used as the literal counterpart to 'The Good Place,' boosting the phrase's ironic modern usage.
He joked that whoever invented traffic was currently residing in the bad place.
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(euphemistic, childish) Hell.
“Yep we’re already in the bad place unfortunately #thebadplace #hell #depressing #lgbtqia #mtf”
“[dejected] this is The Bad Place”
“Yep we’re already in the bad place unfortunately #thebadplace #hell #depressing #lgbtqia #mtf”
— Bluesky· May 2026“[dejected] this is The Bad Place”
— Bluesky· May 2026““At least I got a soul still even if I’m in a bad place” The bad place is Oklahoma…”
— Bluesky· May 2026““the way she uses idiom and even cliché” 👀📚🎶 i love her use of idioms!!!! most of my posts about them are still on the bad place unfortunately 😮💨”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Why did we have to be born in The Bad Place, Daniel?”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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