Navigation


deaf

noun; zero derivation
A vague noun with good connotation; related to friendship relationships; synonymous with cool, gnarly, and good. The etymology is not conventional. New meaning for the word creating when a girl accused Phillip, April’s boyfriend, of being deaf, short of hearing, to which April changed the meaning from a word with negative connotation to a more pleasant form, a word synonymous with ‘happening,’ or ‘hip.’ “She must have meant you were deaf!”.
 
That’s deaf. Phillip says you’re Deaf.
Etymology : deaf. Zero derivation of 'deaf' (hearing imparied)
Source : April Goldman
Last modified: 10 June 2008


Navigation

# $ & ( + - 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 @
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z [ a ab c e f g u v




Options