For you, does "pretty good" mean something is better or worse than just "good"?

PizzaDeposit@lemm.ee · 2 年前

For you, does "pretty good" mean something is better or worse than just "good"?

pturn1@lemmy.world · edit-2 2 年前

My Bad-to-Good spectrum would be:

Bad

Pretty bad

Fairly bad

Fairly good

Pretty good

Good

waratchess@lemm.ee · 2 年前

I would rate pretty bad as worse than bad.

pturn1@lemmy.world · 2 年前

“It’s not bad, but it’s still pretty bad” is a phrase I can see myself saying. Not sure about the other way round - doesn’t really work for me, but to each their own…

trashcan@sh.itjust.works · 2 年前

I see it as similar to “very bad”, which would be worse than just “bad”.

usualsuspect191@lemmy.ca · 2 年前

I think both are correct depending on the inflection

trashcan@sh.itjust.works · 2 年前

Yeah, I think it’s contextual.

cujo@sh.itjust.works · edit-2 2 年前

I have to say my bad-to-good ratio is probably:

Pretty bad

Bad

Not good

Ok <- Neutral

Not bad

Pretty good

Good

Which I now realize is a little weird to have “ok” be neutral, with not bad/good on either side of it.

elxeno@lemm.ee · 2 年前

And this?