"You're my bestest friend!"

[Nightmare85]

Hello,
I read and heard similar sentences several times.
Usually it's:
good - better - best

However, I found a site that writes there are super super-latives.
Urban Dictionary: bestest
Is this something like slang or is it even common?
To be honest, I like bestest
Maybe it's common for commercials.

Cheers!

 

[grinder]

Its wrong; perhaps what a child would say.

An adult might say it to be "cute". Informal only.

 

[Barb_D]

I do use it, but only deliberately and not because I don't know that it's not a real word.

If I shoot someone an e-mail with a question and they answer back right away, I might write back, "Thank you! You are the bestest!" but it's just to be fun and I wouldn't do it with someone I didn't consider to be a friend as well as a colleague.

For example, I would never be in a meeting and say "I think John put forth the bestest plan."

 

[Nightmare85]

Thanks guys!
You're the bestest

Cheers!

 

[TheParser]

Hello,
I read and heard similar sentences several times.
Usually it's:
good - better - best

However, I found a site that writes there are super super-latives.
Urban Dictionary: bestest
Is this something like slang or is it even common?
To be honest, I like bestest
Maybe it's common for commercials.

Cheers!

***NOT a teacher***good afternoon, Nightmare85. In case you don't already know it, there is another slang word in the United States: baddest. But usually it does NOT mean "bad." It means the "best." For example: He is the baddest dude at school. = He's the "coolest guy." Thank you.

 

[grinder]

Thanks guys!
You're the bestest

Cheers!

[groan ]

Singing "Bad Bad Leroy Brown...." ;-)

 

[Nightmare85]

In case you don't already know it, there is another slang word in the United States: baddest. But usually it does NOT mean "bad." It means the "best." For example: He is the baddest dude at school. = He's the "coolest guy." Thank you.

Wow, are you a visionary?
I wanted to create a thread about the word "baddest".
Around 5 years ago I saw this cover, and I've always asked myself:
http://www.covergalaxy.com/forum/at...aiden-black-ntsc-cover-ninja-gaiden-black.jpg
(In case you don't want to click the game cover

Experience Ryu Hayabusa's deadly artistry in Ninja Gaiden Black, the biggest, baddest, fastest and newest installment in the critically acclaimed Ninja Gaiden series.

Now I finally know its meaning.
Thanks :up:

Just a question, shouldn't there be a comma between "fastest and newest"?
(fastest, and newest)
I thought we usually put a comma in English before an "and" when we list features, or anything else.

Cheers!

 

[sasikumar81]

good - positive
better - comparative
the best - superlative

 

[grinder]

Just a question, shouldn't there be a comma between "fastest and newest"?
(fastest, and newest)
I thought we usually put a comma in English before an "and" when we list features, or anything else.

You actually drop the comma before the "and".

For example, "a, b, c and d". If its only a list of two items, as in "a and b", you don't have a comma at all.

 

[Linguist__]

***NOT a teacher***good afternoon, Nightmare85. In case you don't already know it, there is another slang word in the United States: baddest. But usually it does NOT mean "bad." It means the "best." For example: He is the baddest dude at school. = He's the "coolest guy." Thank you.

(Not a teacher)

The tendency in English (mostly American English, which sometimes then trickles into other regions) seems to be to use negative words positively. I find it amusing. Some words which mean 'cool', 'good' etc:

Phat (fat)
Ill
Sick
Bad
Messed up

I mean, if someone told me "That guy is one phat, ill, sick, and messed up guy", I would think to reply, "poor guy. I hope he gets better."

Also, about putting a comma before 'and' in a list of items or not - either is acceptable, and it is just personal preference. I just do it for consistency.