bad vs now

bad

adj
  • Very attractive; hot, sexy. 

  • Good, superlative, excellent, cool. 

  • Not covered by funds on account. 

  • Not suitable or fitting. 

  • Not appropriate, of manners etc. 

  • Spoiled, rotten, overripe. 

  • Bold and daring. 

  • Malodorous; foul. 

  • Stop being bad, or you will get a spanking! 

  • Unfavorable; negative; not good. 

  • Unskilled; of limited ability; not good. 

  • Unhealthy; liable to cause health problems. 

  • Of poor physical appearance. 

  • False; counterfeit; illegitimate. 

  • Not behaving; behaving badly; misbehaving; mischievous or disobedient. 

  • Evil; wicked. 

  • Severe, urgent. 

  • Overly promiscuous, licentious. 

  • Faulty; not functional. 

  • Tricky; stressful; unpleasant. 

  • Sickly, unhealthy, unwell. 

verb
  • To shell (a walnut). 

intj
  • Used to scold a misbehaving child or pet. 

adv
  • Badly. 

noun
  • Something that is bad; a harm or evil. 

  • Error; mistake. 

  • An item (or kind of item) of merchandise with negative value; an unwanted good. 

now

adj
  • Fashionable; popular; up to date; current. 

  • Present; current. 

conj
  • Since, because, in light of the fact; often with that. 

intj
  • Indicates a signal to begin. 

noun
  • The state of not paying attention to the future or the past. 

  • The present time. 

  • A particular instant in time, as perceived at that instant. 

adv
  • Used to indicate a context of urgency. 

  • Sometimes; occasionally. 

  • Used to address a switching side, or sharp change in attitude from before. (In this usage, now is usually emphasized). 

  • At the present time. 

  • Used to introduce a point, a qualification of what has previously been said, a remonstration or a rebuke. 

  • At the time reached within a narration. 

  • Differently from the immediate past; differently from a more remote past or a possible future; differently from all other times. 

How often have the words bad and now occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )