Gen Alpha slang · Noun
baddie
Baddie is Gen Alpha slang for a confident, attractive, put-together person, especially a woman.
Where it came from
The older meaning is a villain, recorded from the late 1930s. Wiktionary's earliest citation for the compliment is from 2020, tied to Instagram and TikTok.
Tone check
A compliment about looks and confidence. Not crude.
Checked against: Dictionary.com, baddie; Wiktionary, baddie.
Added to this dictionary 2 November 2026
Used in a sentence
"she's such a baddie"
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social presence, gained or lost through what you do
to successfully charm someone
produced something impressive
the extra person in a group of two
"be f***ing for real" — come on, you are joking
pretending to be someone you are not, such as faking being rich…
quietly in trouble
someone who causes chaos, affectionately