Word of the Day: “Awesome”
The first time I heard the word “awesome” used it was by a surfer from California. Now, I have lived in Florida all my life, and we tend to be on the slow end of trends down here. So, I really hadn’t heard anyone use this word until he kept saying it, and I finally had to ask him what the deal was.
According to WordNet Search, “awesome” is an adjective: inspiring awe or admiration or wonder […] “New York is an amazing city”; “the Grand Canyon is an awe-inspiring sight”; “the awesome complexity of the universe”; “this sea, whose gently awful stirrings seem to speak of some hidden soul beneath”- Melville; “Westminster Hall’s awing majesty, so vast, so high, so silent”
Actually, this definition is pretty much how “awesome” is used in 80s lingo, but the context is a tiny bit different. For example, this is how “awesome” might be used in Valley Girl and Surfer Dude context:
- I found this totally awesome outfit at the mall.
- That wave was awesome, Dude.
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