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Tue 9 Mar, 2004 11:55 pm
To my knowledge, we have such expressions as "damn good", "terribly good", "awfully excellent".
Their features are to modify a good word by using a bad word. It often means that something is good to the extent that it surprises us.
"Terrific" may be another example.
Hi, dudes. What do you think of this phenomenon? Could you give some similar expressions from your language?
This is an interesting question. I'll be back after I think about it.
Deliciously bad
Pretty ugly
Stupid smart
bloody good
using great Australia adjective!
awfully great
pretty awful
insanely smart.
sinfully good.
devilishly delightful.
freakishly beautiful.
****-hot
Top-class
Top-drawer
Premier-League
Quality
Smart-as (not smart-ass, BTW)
Pukka
Frightfully proper
And the confusing ones - good or bad?
F*c*ing A
The Dog's Bollocks
Sick/Gnarly/Phat
KP,
That's funny, cause in canada it's f*c*ing eh!
frnds,
are these expressions called oxymorones?
now that's clearly vague.
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