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(adj): known widely and usually unfavorably
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10 months ago uselessness said:

Haha, with the likes of Paris Hilton and Lindsay Lohan running around, famous and infamous have become interchangeable. ;-)

10 months ago cathari said:

When I was little, I used to think (based on an extremely vague contextual speculation, I suppose) that it meant you were so bad you would never, ever be a sufficiently upstanding citizen to become famous. Of course, this was before I knew anything about famous people.

about 1 year ago AbraxasZugzwang said:

Ha! That's exactly what I thought this word meant when I was little.

about 1 year ago uselessness said:

Lucky Day
     "Three Amigos, Hollywood, California.
     You are very great.
     100,000 pesos.
     Come to Santa Poco put on show, stop.
     The Infamous El Guapo."

Dusty Bottoms
     What does that mean, infamous?

Ned Nederlander
     Oh, Dusty. Infamous is when you're more than famous.
     This man El Guapo, he's not just famous, he's IN famous.

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