In both television and theater, "nasty" protagonists who have no respect for others are appearing on-screen continuously, attracting audience attention. In recent times this adjective, referring to rude people, is widely used as an expression referring to attractive actors and actresses.
This unique arising culture originated from the "Fun Culture", which consists of digging up obsolete or bad words and associating them with a brand-new, positive image. The adjective, "bizarre", which means abnormal or uncanny, has been transformed to mean special or funny, and in this manner the adjective nasty has also been rejuvenated.
The nasty people in movies and television are becoming associated with a, "rich, sympathic, and attractive ideal". This new phenomenon is regarded as a brand-new cultural code for the youth.
--An Internet novel has changed the meanings of words
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