baddie

noun

1. (informal)A person of bad character, especially in a work of fiction.

   “In a western, the baddie typically wears a black hat.”

   “All the press, the people and their elected leaders want to know are the goodies and who are the baddies.”

   “What really gets to me in these goodies versus baddies movies is just how useless the baddies are.”

   “Have you noticed that our caps have actually got little pictures of skulls on them… Hans, are we the baddies?”

   “It’s important not to brand all the Russians as the baddies in the world.”

2. (neologism, slang)An attractive, confident woman, especially one who is a social media influencer.

   “Aside from all of the abstract aspects (things we cannot see), you do not have to be an Instagram model/baddie to be a bad bitch.”

   “All day long, she can immerse herself in the world of crop tops and contour and IG “baddies” that do not look like any Indian girl she knows.”

   “Miriam noted that Instagram had “Insta baddies,” who made names for themselves by posing “with scandalous clothes on and maybe they'll have a bunch of makeup on.””

   “On Instagram, baddies and models of every ethnicity rock fashion and beauty trends that Black women either created or popularized: cornrows, oversized door knocker earrings, long, intricately designed acrylic nails, artfully sculpted baby hairs.”