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"wicked cool"

Date: May 10 2007

Author: zz-top

Lesson

One of the interesting things about travelling around the US is that each region has its own set of slang. I recently moved to the Northeast (pretty close to Boston), and one word I've been hearing a lot of is "wicked".

"Wicked" is used when you really want to emphaize a point. For example, I think these new Member Lessons are awesome, so I'd say "these new lessons are aweome". If I was describing it to a friend and wanted to let them know that I feel very strongly about it, I'd say "these new lessons are wicked awesome".

Be careful - if you're in California people might not be familiar with this expression. It's only used in New England (Northeast US).

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yangjuan2007

China

that's sound wiched interesting,I get it

tiffintime

Sri Lanka

Knowing words like these is useful if you like watching American movies or if you are planning to visit the country.

tiffintime

Sri Lanka

I wonder if this New England word is a shortened form of the word "wickedly", meaning "really". So, we would say "He's playing some wickedly wonderful cricket these days". Here are a couple of links to sites with the word "wickedly":

http://diyes09.multiply.com/reviews/item/7

http://www.wickedlywonderful.com/da/12619

taheri

United Arab Emirates

hi all i yousuf from dubai

nagilla

India

HI THIS IS RAJ IAM FEELING GREAT TO BE IN THIS COMMUNITY

wukanda

China

your lesson is wicked nice.

thx.

Lily86

Syrian Arab Republic

It's awesome lesson , thanx :)

Nicole_zxj

Viet Nam

it's good! thx

boonprakong

Thailand

I'm very glad to hear, I would like to be your friends.

Pop'

boonprakong

Thailand

Hi, I would like to write to you.

Pop'

renato.moura.b

Brazil

SMART

Saudi Arabia

Hello , I want to be my friend, loyal and those who want to send this message to me

yeasin khan

Belarus

thanks for a wicked super entry

magicbean

China

funny and usful! thank you~~ dude!:)

Iranian pink floyd

Iran, Islamic Republic Of

englishbaby is wicked cool

najema

Ghana

does so nice of u. cos wicked cool is nice

strangerfar

Saudi Arabia

that"s good

be remembered

strangerfar

Saudi Arabia

that is good
be remembered

truckhuang

China

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