discusses formal synonyms for "badass" as an adjective, but I am asking for a noun usable in a somewhat formal setting with the same connotation and meaning. A single word would be preferable, but a short phrase is acceptable.
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Badass and BAMF are both modern words with approximately the same meaning: "Someone who is awesome to an extreme level, thereby leveraging unquestionable authority." Is there another noun or title that would convey the same level of awe, admiration and toughness that calling someone a badass does, without the vulgarity?  Thanks for any help. :)
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I was reading through some badge descriptions and noticed that Synonymizer's description needs to be updated. As it stands, there is raw HTML (an href) in the description:    EDIT: after reading comments by @ColeJohnson, I have come to the understanding that this post comes off as whiny. I want to make it very clear that I wasn't ever trying to complain. My first reaction was to fix the perceived error myself. When I realized I was unable to do so, I figured the best course of action would be to find someone who would be able to make the necessary edits. Hence the post here.
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I am wondering if there is a positive, formal counterpart to the slang "No strings attached" to describe, for example, a parent's unquestioned devotion to their children, or the virtue of someone's "a friend in need is a friend in deed", help first, question later mentality.
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I'm having fun with paradoxes, and I'm trying to come up with a catchy word for non-self-descriptive.  Maybe "autosemantic" fits the bill for self-descriptive (definitely open to other suggestions!), but I'm having a hard time negating it in a natural way.  For an example of the sentence I'm trying to construct:     Is "inautosemantic" inautosemantic?   It just isn't flowing.
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I have a question about synonyms: I'm wondering for quite a while if synonyms always stand exactly for the same thing. Is there sometimes a little difference in meaning? Let's use clumsy and clunky for example. Can I always replace clunky with clumsy? Since I'm not a native speaker, as you may have noticed, I cannot tell them apart. According to my dictionary, they mean exactly the same. Is it always true?  If the question has already been ask, sorry I couldn't find it.  Edit: Thank you very much! Every answer has helped a lot and thank you so much for it. I really appreciate it. I've voted all your answer because every answer helped me in a different way. I've accepted Barrie England's answer because it was the best one in my case. But all of yours were really good and helpful :)
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I am in need of a word to describe an old, bad conditioned car that is yet still running.   Ragged came to my mind, but it seems to be inappropriate for things not related to clothing. Wrecked is also not what I'd like to use.   However, this shall be used in a work of literature, so a neat paraphrase would be fine.
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It could be a noun or an adjective, and either could describe a person or an action. For example:  "Did you hear Eric's wedding toast? He wouldn't shut up!"  "I know, he was being a complete _______"
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In the example below, I’m looking for a suitable synonym for nice-to-have. I’m specifically looking for an appropriate noun replacement; do we actually have such a thing in English?     Maintenance shouldn’t be a ‘nice-to-have’ but an all-important necessity.
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I'm looking for a word with a positive undertone to describe a teenager who does her own thing and doesn't cave in to peer pressure.  Any suggestions?  Thanks.  Question edited 1/30/16.  Someone marked this question as a duplicate, but I think the other question is quite different from the one already posted.  The other question is asking about a single word to describe someone who doesn't follow the crowd for the single purpose of being contrary.  A contrary state of mind has nothing to do with what I'm looking for.  I'm writing a recommendation for a teenager who is polite, independent, confident, and doesn't follow the crowd...  NOT out of a sense of being different for the sake of being different, and not because she's ornery and contrary, but because she's her own person, and not swayed by what the other teens are doing.  Can we re-open this discussion?
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I know that some adjectives (such as easy &amp; short) can be used as adverbs in some situations, but when can this happen and what adjectives does this apply to?  This definitely works: "He stopped short" But does this?: "He fell pretty hard"
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I have an inkling that the following word usage is grammatically-correct; however, it is immensely difficult to search for confirmation, as all I receive for queries like &quot;Proper as an adjective&quot; are reams of results on &quot;Proper adjectives&quot;. The word itself I am using as a postpositive adjective, similar in form to the phrase &quot;time immemorial&quot;.  The shelter remains in name only; the shelter proper is in another town. Work in theory remained, although operations proper had mostly been outsourced.  Can anyone advise?
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I am looking for a word that would describe someone who always goes out of their way to take their time and do a good job. Sort of the opposite of half-assing something.  I am looking for something that is more about a work ethic than a technically proper way of doing things. Something like canonical or protocol would not be a good fit.
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I know there's a word for "like-minded" people, generally used in a negative context.  For example, you could say employees of the CIA are __, in that they all want to ensure the security of the nation, whatever the price/cost.  I think it starts with a "c", it's on the tip of my tongue and I can't think of it.  Any ideas?  Just editing this a bit.  Thanks everyone for your responses.  It may not start with a "c" but the word "cadre" is close to what I'm looking for, but once again with a potentially more negative association.
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I seem to recall from my youth, when my vocabulary was many times what it is today, learning a word (started with an 'a' I think) whose meaning was "an old, unused, or archaic word" or something roughly to that effect.  I believe it was an adjective though it might have been a noun. This would be quite fun as an  term.  Does anyone recall such a word, or am I deceiving myself?
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I am about to coin the word 'conundrous' because I needed it (and I think it deserves a place in the dictionary)!  I would like comments on what you think about that (in the context of a serious article, or I wouldn't have to ask), but the question is as stated — if you can supply one or more adjectives that are synonymous with such an adjective, that's the answer for me. :)  If there are none, I will be happy to accept close synonyms — the Merriam-Webster definition (of the noun) is here:   I'm after the "difficult problem" (but not the "pun") synonymity. It's used to describe a word from an ancient text which is seemingly not in the dictionaries; hard to find information about.  There's enigmatic, but it's just a mystery for the moment; it's not something that is by definition mysterious.  There's elusive, but I think that carries the connotation of forever escaping one's reach.
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I'm looking for a word (formal, informal, or even slang) to describe a young person who  behave recklessly, like to mess around and often get into trouble with people, don't listen to advice from older people, and has shallow thinking.   People in my country have a word which can be translated into "bullheaded kid" but I find it a bit weird so I want to find a proper word for it.
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I just sent a text to a friend, who didn't understand an acronym I used for a game:      "Ah, I said it in a previous text so thought it was ok to abbreviate   it."   Though, since it was an acronym I had created, could I have used the word 'acronymise/ze' to be more specific?   I'm pretty sure it isn't a (formally used) word, but I wondered, as you often refer to acronyms specifically as acronyms, rather than abbreviations. Can you be more specific with a verb, too?  It sounds too odd to me, so I'm guessing generally no. But I wondered—so perhaps I'm wrong. Or half wrong.