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Mcaleck Posted 18 years ago
Vocabulary

awesome? NOT!

OK, so here's my problem. As far as I know the word "awesome" has become pretty outdated/uncool/lame/etc. so I was wondering what slang(ish) adjectives a modern, stylish American/British young person would use to mean "excellent"

thanks for your help, dudes and dudesses.

mc
  

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Hi! One I heard of is "wicked". Listen to this audioclip from the BBC (mp3, around 700kb).

— Tanit

  • Hi!
  • One I heard of is "wicked".
  • Listen to this audioclip from the BBC (mp3, around 700kb).
  • I guess it's only being used this way by the youngsters...
  • EDIT: I forgot to post a comment about "awesome" , from the same site (mp3, around 650kb).
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Hi!

One I heard of is "wicked". Listen to this audioclip from the BBC (mp3, around 700kb).
I guess it's only being used this way by the youngsters...

EDIT: I forgot to post
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Hi,
I still hear 'awesome' all the time. Also 'amazing'.

Clive
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