New words of praise

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 12/9/03 at 3:16pm

We English speakers sometimes get lazy and over-use words or phrases until they lose their original meaning or are completely played out. "Can you hear me now?" "Is that your final answer?" "Amazing!"

What new words can we try out to describe enjoyable experiences that are neither "awesome" nor "amazing?"

I would like to suggest "wondrous." Or, perhaps, "stupefying."

[orion59]

Posted: 12/9/03 at 3:27pm

Breath taking, astounding, magnificent, astonishing and my fave, stunning

[ErikJ972]

Posted: 12/9/03 at 4:26pm

Fabulous

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 12/9/03 at 4:35pm

That's a good one, is it new?

[ErikJ972]

Posted: 12/9/03 at 4:46pm

Whack

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 12/9/03 at 6:18pm

You mean TURNING that into a word of praise, the way bad meant good for a while?

[ErikJ972]

Posted: 12/9/03 at 6:35pm

Yes! Actually since I have the privelage of spending most of my day with adolescents I tend to be up on all the hip lingo. And these days whack means good. Therefore it would be appropriate for me to say that Al Pacino's performance in Angels in America was whack.

[mamamia sammy]

Posted: 12/9/03 at 6:49pm

Dope.

[papalovesmambo]

Posted: 12/9/03 at 9:47pm

astonishing, majestic, and yeah stupefying (nice, namo) but in certain circumstances, usually relating to helena bonham carter or famke janssen being naked: scintillating (yeah, i know but it also can mean sparkly dammit and well...)

[JoizeyActor]

Posted: 12/9/03 at 9:52pm

Titilating.

[orion59]

Posted: 12/9/03 at 9:57pm

Tantalizing

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 12/10/03 at 10:58am

Primo!

[SonofMammaMiaSam]

Posted: 12/10/03 at 12:40pm

Super!

[TheaterBaby]

Posted: 12/10/03 at 1:03pm

Fabu...or maybe spell it as Faboo. ? lol I always use that word.

[say what?]

Posted: 12/10/03 at 1:06pm

Dude, I use "faboo" all the time, or just plain "fab," how mod.