Sick is said as a bad thing. But in teenager slang it can be used as something cool.
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kionite231@lemmy.ca 5 months agoCould you explain it to me? I don’t really know the meaning of “it’s sick” (Is it ill?)
someguy3@lemmy.ca 5 months ago
kionite231@lemmy.ca 5 months ago
That’s why biden used this double meaning word… I see.
TrickDacy@lemmy.world 5 months ago
He clearly didn’t intend it to mean anything else but the literal meaning
someguy3@lemmy.ca 5 months ago
No. It only has that meaning if you’re 14 and very edgy.
PeriodicallyPedantic@lemmy.ca 5 months ago
Sick has had this meaning since like… The 70s or 80s. Its not just edgy teens. In fact I suspect that this has probably fallen out of favor with gen alpha.
BeardedBlaze@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Ah yes, only 14 year olds skateboard and/or surf. Lol
potpotato@lemmy.world 5 months ago
nerd.
samus12345@lemmy.world 5 months ago
“Sick” meaning “cool” has been around since the 80s.
amenji@programming.dev 5 months ago
Trump’s grazed in the ear, inches away from death. That’s sick, man.
obinice@lemmy.world 5 months ago
It is totally ill bro
zarathustrad@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Do you have a license, to ill?
Beardsley@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Sick can be used either to refer to something unfortunate (as in ill), or to refer to something really awesome. It’s just casual American slang.
Fuckfuckmyfuckingass@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Not to be confused with “ill” as in awesome.
Fades@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Calling something sick as far more than unfortunate, it’s closer to demented or disgusting
dan@upvote.au 5 months ago
We used to use it in Australia in the 2000s too. If something was very awesome, it was “fully sick”.
TrippaSnippa@lemm.ee 5 months ago
Thorpey says it’s fully sick!
dan@upvote.au 5 months ago
I was thinking of that ad when I wrote the comment!