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Why is terrific used to describe joy so frequently?
Posted on 8/2/20 at 11:38 am
Posted on 8/2/20 at 11:38 am
The definition of the word is “of great size” or “causing terror”
Yet we almost always use it to exclaim joy about something. Why?
Yet we almost always use it to exclaim joy about something. Why?
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Posted on 8/2/20 at 11:39 am to jlovel7
Of all the things to let bug you....
Posted on 8/2/20 at 11:40 am to jlovel7
They use "brilliant" in Great Britain.
Posted on 8/2/20 at 11:40 am to jlovel7
Terrific thread.
Posted on 8/2/20 at 11:40 am to jlovel7
Why do people think languages don't evolve?
Posted on 8/2/20 at 11:41 am to jlovel7
I had a terrific time down voting this thread.
Posted on 8/2/20 at 11:43 am to jlovel7
"of great size" + "a feeling of great pleasure and happiness" = "Terrific"
OP found the young man's penis to be terrific.
OP found the young man's penis to be terrific.
Posted on 8/2/20 at 11:45 am to jlovel7
Why do we drive on the parkway and park on the driveway?
Posted on 8/2/20 at 11:46 am to jlovel7
quote:
of great size”
Hmm
Posted on 8/2/20 at 11:47 am to jlovel7
This post was edited on 8/3/20 at 7:17 am
Posted on 8/2/20 at 11:48 am to TigerstuckinMS
How come hemorrhoids aren't called astronauts and astronauts called hemorrhoids.
Posted on 8/2/20 at 12:02 pm to jlovel7
My go to is fabulous. Even when it’s not. Which is mostly.
Posted on 8/2/20 at 12:25 pm to jlovel7
Happy Happy Joy Joy
Posted on 8/2/20 at 12:31 pm to jlovel7
quote:
The definition of the word is “of great size” or “causing terror”
Yet we almost always use it to exclaim joy about something. Why?
Why, when we hear smoking hot music, do we say "That's cool"?
Why, when we think something's good, do we say "That's badass?"
A language's capacity for generating new idioms is only limited by its speakers' creativity.
Posted on 8/2/20 at 12:33 pm to Uptowner
Posted on 8/2/20 at 12:57 pm to jlovel7
I get irked when people use the word antisocial when they mean asocial.
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