Words for cool things.

Joseph E. Smith · Post by **Joseph E. Smith** » Mon Nov 21, 2005 11:50 am

funkadelic
ain't it a peach
fantabulous
screamin'
happy as a gopher in soft dirt... (I know this doesn't really qualify, but it remains one of my favorite sayings)
zonkers
super
mega
cosmic

jsluder · Post by **jsluder** » Mon Nov 21, 2005 11:50 am

missy wrote:jsluder - get OUT of my head!

Okay, but we should warn people first...

djm · Post by **djm** » Mon Nov 21, 2005 12:33 pm

JES wrote:happy as a gopher in soft dirt... (I know this doesn't really qualify, but it remains one of my favorite sayings)

This type of thing could probably constiute its own thread. Like: Happy as a turkey on Boxing day.

djm

Chiffed · Post by **Chiffed** » Mon Nov 21, 2005 1:07 pm

Skookum! (I think this is pretty regional to Western Canada).

SteveK · Post by **SteveK** » Mon Nov 21, 2005 1:27 pm

I don't know if these terms are used any more but far out, outta sight and something else used to be used be used by jazz musicians, hangers on and fans.

djm · Post by **djm** » Mon Nov 21, 2005 1:34 pm

I thought "far out" had been replaced by "infinitely distant".

djm

Paul Reid · Post by **Paul Reid** » Mon Nov 21, 2005 3:06 pm

WICKED

Lambchop · Post by **Lambchop** » Mon Nov 21, 2005 5:18 pm

djm wrote:I thought "far out" had been replaced by "infintitely distant".

djm

Infintitely.

Is that some kind of Canadian thing? And how do you pronounce it, exactly?

In - fin - tight - ly?

In - fin - tih - tell - ly?

I think I like the second version best. Kind of sounds like "in fin tiddle ly."

Falls into a rhythmic groove.

Oh, hmm, have we had "groovy," yet? How about "copasetic?"

Oh, that's like totally copasetic, man! Yeah, groooooooovy!

Happy as a lamb in springtime.

Happy as a lamb in clover.

Happy as a lamb in bubblebath.

chas · Post by **chas** » Mon Nov 21, 2005 5:35 pm

Paul Reid wrote:WICKED

In New England it would be

wicked good, or better yet, pisser.

The usage of pisser is very important. You never say "That was a pisser party." The correct usage is "That party was pisser." (Often said, "That pahdy was pissah.") Pisser does tend to be more a greater Boston thing than generally New England.

fearfaoin · Post by **fearfaoin** » Mon Nov 21, 2005 5:47 pm

It's the shizzle, my bizzle!

dubhlinn wrote:The Dogs Balls..(polite version)

That's the polite version?

Tyghress · Post by **Tyghress** » Mon Nov 21, 2005 5:50 pm

Righteous!

And something that is more European than American that I heard from a lot of younger people when I was in Ireland: Brilliant!

So many of the good words seem to come from the surfing subculture, and now the skateboarders.

Darwin · Post by **Darwin** » Mon Nov 21, 2005 6:18 pm

real gone
fine as wine (in the summertime)
bodacious
super-duper
rockin'

SteveShaw · Post by **SteveShaw** » Mon Nov 21, 2005 7:13 pm

Cracking
Top hole
Dog's dangly bits
Pukka
Bee's knees
Well good
Pearler
Drops hot sh*t on...
Cat's whiskers
On the button
Smokin'
Good as gold

Steve

BigDavy · Post by **BigDavy** » Mon Nov 21, 2005 7:55 pm

Stoatin

djm · Post by **djm** » Mon Nov 21, 2005 8:39 pm

lambchop wrote:Infintitely.

Is that some kind of Canadian thing? And how do you pronounce it, exactly?

Its a typo, smarty.

Copathetic - like, "You can't chop down symmetry."

djm