What does it mean if someone says "you are the worst"?
I was listening to a Planet Money podcast episode today and one of the hosts said to the other ,"you are the worst". He said it in a playful way, so I know he didn't actually mean it literally, but what does it mean and when do you say it?

It's a little difficult to give the exact context but here is a link to that episode. He says that at around 3:20

http://www.npr.org/player/v2/mediaPlayer.html?action=1&t=1&islist=false&id=378851598&m=378960763Here is the link to the article. http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2015/01/21/378851598/episode-597-were-short-america

Question

What does it mean if someone says "you are the worst"?
I was listening to a Planet Money podcast episode today and one of the hosts said to the other ,"you are the worst". He said it in a playful way, so I know he didn't actually mean it literally, but what does it mean and when do you say it?

It's a little difficult to give the exact context but here is a link to that episode. He says that at around 3:20

http://www.npr.org/player/v2/mediaPlayer.html?action=1&t=1&islist=false&id=378851598&m=378960763Here is the link to the article. http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2015/01/21/378851598/episode-597-were-short-america

Answer

People say it jokingly like "I accidentally knocked over my neighbors trash can with my car today!" "You are the worst!"

It means like, "you are bad" or "you are a trouble maker" but not in a rude way.

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