Block on "Awesome" Requested: Refrain Please

[B. Elliott]

Actually, it's an Angicized abbreviation for afficianado*, which means essentially the same thing as the English word 'fan'.

*I know how to pronounce it, but I'm not sure about the spelling.

Still within the same lines as what I was trying to get across... implying that they're a connoisseur, an enthusiast. Most people who use the word don't understand it's intensity.

 

[BobG]

Most forums have automatic blocks for obscene or unnacceptable words.

I don't know if it is recent American usage or what, but if it is not too late could a block be put put on the word 'awesome', so we can keep the word for use, very occasionally, for what it really means, rather than for just anything that is any better than a poke in the eye? And if not, could people voluntarily refrain please?

Oh! As in Oh-some, dude! That's a great idea!

 

[Evo]

I haven't seen anyone misuse the word awesome, it is perhaps used too often though.

Merriam-Webster Dictionary

Awesome
b: terrific, extraordinary <had an awesome time>

 

[Danger]

I see where you're coming from, B. Still, there's a difference between true appreciation and fanaticism. I'm a serious fan of Marvel comics, but you won't find me trying to lock Stan Lee in my basement.

 

[wolram]

Awesome is my definition of some one that comes up with the goods on time.

 

[Danger]

Awesome is my definition of some one that comes up with the goods on time.

Haven't you already been warned about discussing your sex life in public?

 

[Moonbear]

Still within the same lines as what I was trying to get across... implying that they're a connoisseur, an enthusiast. Most people who use the word don't understand it's intensity.

Have you ever met sports fans? Or fans of a band or musician? I think the intensity is fully there. They sure seem nuts to me.

 

[wolram]

Haven't you already been warned about discussing your sex life in public?

, Cry, cry, you beast, you do have a talent for fact finding.

 

[Math Is Hard]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1wJYDIy-Hg"

 

[BobG]

Excellent or Awesome

You be the judge.

 

[Math Is Hard]

Excellent or Awesome

You be the judge.

Dope!


The one that drives me crazy that I hear the kids using sometimes is "sick". Never could figure that one as an expression of something good.

 

[edward]

So where did, " b i t c h i n" come from? seriously.

 

[Moonbear]

Dope!


The one that drives me crazy that I hear the kids using sometimes is "sick". Never could figure that one as an expression of something good.

I figure it's no different than our generation calling something good "bad."

 

[Math Is Hard]

So where did, " b i t c h i n" come from? seriously.

I know it's been used by surfers for a really long time. Merriam-Webster online dictionary dates it back to 1957. M-W says it likely came from "son-of-a-b****in'".

A lot of people think Valley girls invented it, but I think they just picked it up along with other surf lingo when visiting the beach. Moon Unit Zappa certainly popularized it!

 

[mcknia07]

"Wicked Cool," is one I never really got. Isn't wicked normally bad?

 

[B. Elliott]

I see where you're coming from, B. Still, there's a difference between true appreciation and fanaticism. I'm a serious fan of Marvel comics, but you won't find me trying to lock Stan Lee in my basement.

Black costume forever! (and not the wussy 'That 70's Show' guy version.)

 

[brewnog]

Radical.

 

[TheStatutoryApe]

A while back a friend of mine was in class and they were discussing the various words that are used to describe god. When the professor came to "Omnibenevolent: All good" the guy behind my friend chuckled and said "Dooode.. It's omnibenevolent."