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Do you say 'wicked'

MrMatt

MrMatt

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Growing up in Massachusetts I never realized that people using the term wicked, as in "oh that car is wicked cool" is a regional thing. When I went to college, (in Massachusetts ironically), most of the people were from NY or Chicago. Whenever I used the term 'wicked' I got ripped on mercilessly. I was just reading another post here where some guy was ripping on his wife for saying it. Is it really just a Massachusetts thing?
 
I'm not from Massachusetts, and I don't use it. I am from Northern California though, so I do use "hella" which is used in pretty much the same way as "wicked" is.
 
<-- From MA, I don't use it every day, but "wicked" pops up here and there. I'll admit to having a shirt that says "Wicked Pissah" across it 😛
 
Originally posted by: geno
<-- From MA, I don't use it every day, but "wicked" pops up here and there. I'll admit to having a shirt that says "Wicked Pissah" across it 😛
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NOOO lol. Did you get it at a tourist trap?



m-m-m-m-mega timewarp...warp...warp

 
Originally posted by: dainthomas
I'm not a stuck up Boston a-hole, so no I don't use it.

Plus it makes no sense grammatically.
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I grew up on the opposite end of the state, it's not really just a Boston thing, it's a Massachusetts thing
 
Sometimes I find myself saying wicked meaning "cool" or "awesome", but not often. I never use it in its proper sense.
 
I had never heard of it, then I went to college in Mass. and everyone said it. I sort of picked it up after a year or two. (For some reason I adopt regional language quirks easily... it's happened other places than Mass., as well.) After moving away from Mass., it dropped out of my vocabulary after a little while, without the reinforcement of everyone else saying it too.

I voted "I'm just randomly clicking poll options."
 
This time warp stuff is getting old.. It makes some threads almost impossible to follow. :|
 
note for those unaware: Massachusetts wicked is an adverb that sort of means "very". Using wicked as an adjective to mean "cool" is something different.
 
Originally posted by: trmiv
I'm not from Massachusetts, and I don't use it. I am from Northern California though, so I do use "hella" which is used in pretty much the same way as "wicked" is.
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"Wicked" hella sucks. I never use it.
 
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