tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5893219718076521675.post8659350541355649953..comments2024-03-18T22:19:48.398-04:00Comments on pancocojams: Did The Slang Use Of "Sick" Meaning "Really Good" First Come From Trinidad & Tobago?Azizi Powellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14963772326145910073noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5893219718076521675.post-86969568471853604632017-03-30T17:33:46.589-04:002017-03-30T17:33:46.589-04:00Thanks for sharing that information, Unknown.
Giv...Thanks for sharing that information, Unknown.<br /><br />Given that anecdote, it does appear that that vernacular use of "sick" meaning "something or someone very good" was introduced to England from (African American) slang in the early to mid 1980s.Azizi Powellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14963772326145910073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5893219718076521675.post-60834314087946654152017-03-30T13:34:22.391-04:002017-03-30T13:34:22.391-04:00I would like to offer some counter evidence to the...I would like to offer some counter evidence to the idea that the use of "sick" to mean "good" emerged in London in the late 1990s. At the end of the 1985 song "Fish" by American band Throwing Muses, one can hear a member of the band saying "Aced it!" followed by another member saying "Sick!" It's worth noting that Throwing Muses was one of the only American bands to be picked up that early (mid-1980s) by the British independent record label 4AD, which added the "Fish" track to its 1987 compilation record "Lonely is an Eyesore." So, while this is certainly not hard evidence that "sick" was in fact introduced to England in the mid to late 80s from American slang, it does open up the possibility that this is the case. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11118570768651557695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5893219718076521675.post-83282939830456099272014-07-27T09:01:12.016-04:002014-07-27T09:01:12.016-04:00I've also read that the word "ill" m...I've also read that the word "ill" meaning "really good", "awesome" is documented from the 1980s:<br /><a href="http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=ill" rel="nofollow">http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=ill</a><br />"ill (adj)<br />Slang inverted sense of "very good, cool" is 1980s "...<br />-snip-<br />But I think that slang meaning of "sick" is probably is an extension of the slang use of "sick".Azizi Powellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14963772326145910073noreply@blogger.com