When I was at school, I loved maths and read lots of books and was horrified at the idea of having a boyfriend... I was probably a nerd, but then, it was a negative term.
Can we not say 'dumped' and 'Bellas' in the same sentence, please?
The dreaded phrase in design circles is 'show and tell.'
My debut single "Pointless Relationship" is about a girl's view of where the relationship is going with her partner and it sounds like a negative term. But the song is more of an empowering song from a woman's perspective! It's the life of them together and it's just never going to go where it should go, and so she's saying to him this is a pointless relationship.
All Bridget Jones did was give us a word for it - singleton - which was the worst possible thing.
To me, the word 'workaholic' is a negative word.
'Villain' is such a harsh word.
I'm perplexed, though, by your application of the term 'negative' to my figural imagery.