I am entirely unable to explain why I also have trouble with 'nasty' being used positively, but am sufficiently able to understand 'not behaving' or 'being naughty' used in that manner that I use it myself. Possibly that I never heard those words used much in any other context.
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Date: 2006-09-06 07:15 pm (UTC)See, this is like the word "nasty" being used in a positive way: I will simply never get it.
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Date: 2006-09-06 07:41 pm (UTC)