See baddy two shoes on Wiktionary
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"etymology_text": "By analogy with goody two shoes.",
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"text": "Baddy two shoes / A VICAR was allowed back to work under “strict conditions” from his bishop today following a scuffle at a village panto party when a parisiohner^([sic]) tried to dissuade him from driving home. Father Freddy Denman, 51, had just appeared as the dame in Goody Two Shoes which he organised at Sparkwell, near Plymouth, in December.",
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"text": "Those parts of ourselves we, our false selves, feel are acceptable we proudly personify as Goody Two Shoes. […] Other parts of our self-centered selves we mask as Baddy Two Shoes to conceal those parts of ourselves we fear will be unacceptable to God and other people. Baddy Two Shoes is the secret self we act out behind the scenes so people will not disapprove of us. The unacceptable side of Dr. Jekyl,^([sic]) for example, is what the subterranean Mr. Hyde, Baddy Two Shoes, acted out at night by committing crimes.",
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"text": "Joey Barton reckons Fabio Capello must pick \"Wildman Andy Carroll\". \"Hopefully they will stop worrying about the Goody Two Shoes image which the sponsors want for England,\" baddy two shoes Barton sighed, bundling a whole raft of issues including assault, drunkenness, more assault and other Things That Are Bad […] together under the banner of things that boring people avoid doing simply to suck up to sponsors – rather than to avoid breaking the law or ruining other people's lives or due to some basic sense of right and wrong.",
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"text": "Villains Our favourite baddy-two shoes.^([sic])",
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"text": "Those parts of ourselves we, our false selves, feel are acceptable we proudly personify as Goody Two Shoes. […] Other parts of our self-centered selves we mask as Baddy Two Shoes to conceal those parts of ourselves we fear will be unacceptable to God and other people. Baddy Two Shoes is the secret self we act out behind the scenes so people will not disapprove of us. The unacceptable side of Dr. Jekyl,^([sic]) for example, is what the subterranean Mr. Hyde, Baddy Two Shoes, acted out at night by committing crimes.",
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"text": "Joey Barton reckons Fabio Capello must pick \"Wildman Andy Carroll\". \"Hopefully they will stop worrying about the Goody Two Shoes image which the sponsors want for England,\" baddy two shoes Barton sighed, bundling a whole raft of issues including assault, drunkenness, more assault and other Things That Are Bad […] together under the banner of things that boring people avoid doing simply to suck up to sponsors – rather than to avoid breaking the law or ruining other people's lives or due to some basic sense of right and wrong.",
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