My parents were square, I was lame, my non-kids are cringe.. and I still don't know what cheugy means
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Am I the only person who gets mildly miffed at 'slayed' when it was previously 'slew'? I guess it's the slow march toward removing rarely-used irregulars which isn't a bad thing.
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that sounds pretty wizard
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Capital -> Dandy -> Swell -> Keen -> Groovy -> Rad -> Slayed (although I'd have picked Bussin').
I wish I knew more going back even into the nineteenth century. I recently read the Arsene Lupin books (1905), and although that's French translated to British English, I found the slang charming. Although I think cool was only used in regards to someone being calm and controlled...
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My wife and I were trying to come up with other slang that has held up like this for basically 100 years. Couldn't come up with any.
O.K. started off as weird-ass trendy slang thing in the 1800s but now is just a straight up regular word. But cool is just...cool.
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Because cool isn't slang, you have arrived in your jalopy, wheels or ride but you always drove your car.
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