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mac56

(17,571 posts) Fri Aug 10, 2018, 02:47 PM Aug 2018

Has anyone else noticed this?

https://www.gwinnettdailypost.com/local/jenkins-perfect-is-the-new-awesome/article_58dac68b-614e-58d5-a7c5-0316a019e3e1.html

"Perfect" seems to be the new "awesome."

I'm sure I hear it a dozen times a day.

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Has anyone else noticed this? (Original Post) mac56 Aug 2018 OP

I'm bringing "Groovy" and "Far Out Man" back...starting now...DIBS on the trademarks@!!! Moostache Aug 2018 #1

I'm stickin' with Boss. Iggo Aug 2018 #6

That's outta sight, man... GReedDiamond Aug 2018 #9

Totally tubular unblock Aug 2018 #2

Yes, I have noticed, m! It's a nice change of pace from "awesome", I say! Leghorn21 Aug 2018 #3

We could go retro and start using "swell" again, very 50s. Thomas Hurt Aug 2018 #4

Cool. Totally Tunsie Aug 2018 #5

Spiffy! csziggy Aug 2018 #7

Yes. I use "awesome" sarcastically. Flaleftist Aug 2018 #8

Neat. LuckyCharms Aug 2018 #10

Sock It to Me, Daddy-Oh! Leith Aug 2018 #11

I can grooove on it, Daddy! lastlib Aug 2018 #12

I still write A W E S O M E a kennedy Aug 2018 #13

I'm stuck on "like" LakeArenal Aug 2018 #14

Moostache

(9,895 posts)

1. I'm bringing "Groovy" and "Far Out Man" back...starting now...DIBS on the trademarks@!!!

Reply to mac56 (Original post)

Fri Aug 10, 2018, 03:02 PM

Aug 2018

Or just steal popular British slang and Americanize it..."Brilliant" (as seen frequently throughout the Harry Potter novels and films) is also one ripe for the plucking...LOL

Iggo

(47,558 posts)

6. I'm stickin' with Boss.

Reply to Moostache (Reply #1)

Fri Aug 10, 2018, 11:47 PM

Aug 2018

GReedDiamond

(5,313 posts)

9. That's outta sight, man...

Reply to Moostache (Reply #1)

Sat Aug 11, 2018, 09:54 PM

Aug 2018

...totally wicked!

unblock

(52,257 posts)

2. Totally tubular

Reply to mac56 (Original post)

Fri Aug 10, 2018, 03:05 PM

Aug 2018

Leghorn21

(13,524 posts)

3. Yes, I have noticed, m! It's a nice change of pace from "awesome", I say!

Reply to mac56 (Original post)

Fri Aug 10, 2018, 03:05 PM

Aug 2018

By the by...quite a while back I googled to find the source of this “awesome” expression, and as far as I can tell, it originated with the great Spiccoli from “Fast Times at Ridgemont High” -

(I shoulda known, I do love that movie!)

Thomas Hurt

(13,903 posts)

4. We could go retro and start using "swell" again, very 50s.

Reply to mac56 (Original post)

Fri Aug 10, 2018, 03:13 PM

Aug 2018

Totally Tunsie

(10,885 posts)

5. Cool.

Reply to mac56 (Original post)

Fri Aug 10, 2018, 11:44 PM

Aug 2018

csziggy

(34,136 posts)

7. Spiffy!

Reply to mac56 (Original post)

Sat Aug 11, 2018, 07:13 PM

Aug 2018

Flaleftist

(3,473 posts)

8. Yes. I use "awesome" sarcastically.

Reply to mac56 (Original post)

Sat Aug 11, 2018, 08:59 PM

Aug 2018

LuckyCharms

(17,444 posts)

10. Neat.

Reply to mac56 (Original post)

Sat Aug 11, 2018, 09:57 PM

Aug 2018

Leith

(7,809 posts)

11. Sock It to Me, Daddy-Oh!

Reply to mac56 (Original post)

Sat Aug 11, 2018, 10:37 PM

Aug 2018

Yer, like, the bee's knees. Ya dig?

lastlib

(23,251 posts)

12. I can grooove on it, Daddy!

Reply to mac56 (Original post)

Sun Aug 12, 2018, 11:15 AM

Aug 2018

a kennedy

(29,675 posts)

13. I still write A W E S O M E

Reply to mac56 (Original post)

Sun Aug 12, 2018, 11:59 AM

Aug 2018

and I need a new word. Not that crazy about perfect......gotta come up with one.

LakeArenal

(28,823 posts)

14. I'm stuck on "like"

Reply to mac56 (Original post)

Sun Aug 12, 2018, 12:20 PM

Aug 2018

Someone gets a new job “It’s like a new page in my life.” No, it IS a new page.

It’s like a secret. NO, IT IS A SECRET.

She was like mad at me. NO I’m really mad.

Okay rant over.

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