#Thom 🌈
devout sinew
eternal laurel
Its a double sense
cobalt ivy
Yes, but it's being used as an adjective here to mean "cool", essentially
eternal laurel
Chouette is indeed an owl but its cool too
quartz pendant
Chouette is a noun and means owl yes. But it is also an adjective and it means, nice, sweet, snazzy, etc.
hidden oyster
Fwiw, it's not a suuuuuper common thing to say. Saying "c'est cool" is way more common.
Chouette as an adjective sounds a tiny bit dated imo, but some people definitely use it.
cobalt ivy
I have a french colleague, slightly younger than me, who says it all the time
hidden oyster
Yeah, like I said, some people use it a lot
But to me… it sounds kinda old farty
vague token
when you say "it's sick", do you actually mean it's ill?
words can have multiple meaning, sometimes totally different
copper wharf
when you say "it's sick", do you actually mean it's ill?
I find it funny someone with the username pharma is saying that
Big pharma coming in very concerned about people making people ill/ j
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copper wharf
when you say "it's sick", do you actually mean it's ill?
I don't know the etymology behind "that's sick" but like "I'm dead" to mean "that's hilarious" is like "I'm laughing so hard I couldn't breath and have become deceased"
That's sick is a bit outdated too
hidden oyster
The origin of using "sick" to mean good/cool is a common thing in the creation of new slang. Basically taking a word and giving it its opposite meaning, then using it as an in-group thing.
copper wharf
The origin of using "sick" to mean good/cool is a common thing in the creation o...
Like bad bitch is good?
hidden oyster
Sure, any time you use a word to mean the opposite in slang… basically
fast ivy
worth noting that the etymology of chouette as an adjective has nothing to do with owls or chouette as a noun, it's just coincidence
