Why this word is great
BADMASH — [Noun] A rogue, ruffian, or miscreant, especially in South Asian contexts, denoting one who pursues a disreputable livelihood. From Persian بد (bad, "bad, evil") + معاش (ma'āš, "life, livelihood"), ultimately from Arabic عَاشَ (ʕāša, "to live"). Unlike “scoundrel”—a bloodless generalism—or “naughty”—a trivializing nod to childish antics—“badmash” carries the specific, worn-in weight of a local archetype. It is the rakish silhouette lounging in the galli, the charming gambler whose smile never reaches his eyes, and the grating, rhythmic clatter of dice in a shadowed alleyway—a figure not of abstract villainy but of a life performed for an audience, a career of calculated disorder.