bad touch
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9.0
- noun
- Offensive
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- That was a bad touch.
- Good Touch, Bad Touch
Examples
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In the two years we'd been together, Vivian had been working hard to teach me the difference between good touch and bad touch.
Fiction book (1998) -
Parents should teach their children to recognize the difference between bad touch and good touch to protect their personal boundaries.
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My daughter was 4 when we had our first chance for her to go to a talk about bad touch and good touch.
Blog text (21) -
It was a consensual bad touch.
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"I honestly would not get into why Kevin Clash has been under scrutiny, but I would use it as an opportunity to talk about good touch, bad touch, and what to do if someone approaches you or makes you feel uncomfortable."
Blog text (8) -
"I tried to distinguish good touching from bad touching," she says, narrowing her eyes in recollection.
Fiction book (1996) -
It's essential for kids to understand what a bad touch feels like so they can communicate when they are uncomfortable.
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During safety classes, students learn to identify bad touch and report any inappropriate behavior to a trusted adult.
Synonyms
119
5.7
Unwanted sexual contact or activity often involving force
Touching someone in a sexual way without their permission
How Inappropriate
- NSFW
119
5.7
- Offensive
1
9.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
The components 'bad' and 'touch' transparently yield a sense of negative or unwanted physical contact, so a B1 learner would likely infer a general harmful or inappropriate touching. However, the specific taboo/abuse connotation (e.g. boundary violation or child-safety/sexualized meaning) and its euphemistic use are not fully predictable from the literal words alone, so the precise sense may require prior exposure.
Etymology
Bad touch began as a simple teaching phrase for children: adults explain that a touch that makes you feel scared, uncomfortable, or confused is bad, a clear image to warn about unsafe contact. So, bad touch means 'unsafe or unwanted physical contact'.