sick

高手来解释一下这个sick

谢谢。

一般字典查不到这个意思 ：（：（：（

在美国俚语中，sick 是“cool or hawt or fabulous”。

https://m.sohu.com/a/363882280_778597/?pvid=000115_3w_a#:~:text=%E5%9C%A8%E7%BE%8E%E5%9B%BD%E4%BF%9A%E8%AF%AD%E4%B8%AD%EF%BC%8Csick,%E7%9A%84%EF%BC%8C%E6%A3%92%E6%A3%92%E7%9A%84%E6%84%8F%E6%80%9D%E3%80%82

 

谷爱凌就曾经在滑雪女子决赛中对对手说了一句“That was so sick!”

老美在口语中经常用sick表示“特别酷”的意思，比如

“常用”俺不敢苟同 - -可能少用吧：）：）：）

Jen lives in a sick part of the city. It’s full of fun thing

年轻人用的多吧

Thx. Just learned～

怪不得，旧字典查不到

"Sick" started being used as a positive term in the 1980s and 1990s, especially within skateboarding, snowboarding, and other extreme sports communities. For these athletes, landing a difficult trick or achieving something impressive often led to exclamations like "That was sick!"—emphasizing awe and respect rather than illness. It became a way to describe something that pushed the boundaries of what people thought was possible, elevating the term with a rebellious, edgy connotation.

The positive use of "sick" later spread through hip-hop culture and music, where it was used to describe impressive lyrics, beats, or performances. By the 2000s, it became common in youth culture and everyday language as a way to describe anything “awesome” or “cool,” from fashion to new technology. Today, "sick" is widely understood in its dual meaning—both literally as “ill” and as a positive slang term.

同意，俚语与谚语的区别是，俚语如方言只被某特定人群认可，谚语是得到广泛认可，

都是口语化的表达。老美用的不少。再比如用Me当主语

嗯，Teenage之间 的text messages 读起来更是如同天书

明明每个字母都认识，却不知道句子具体啥意思

举点例子呗

Unless U think like teenager;-). see pic I took @ Berkeley :

In front of Doe library yesterday

Happy teenagers who were in a singing group and waiting for a photo session. Pic taken with permission 

 

Sick's not even 俚语 anymore. NOAD says it's informal!

although AHD5 still says that sense's slang.

文中还有ballin'一词

倒是查到了：

Adjective [edit]

ballin' (not comparable)

(African-American Vernacular, MLE, slang) Having an ostentatiously wealthy lifestyle. 

"Ballin'" 是美国俚语，最早源于篮球界，意思是像篮球明星一样过着奢华或高调的生活。现在，它更多用于形容过得非常成功、享受生活或者有钱、物质生活丰富的人。比如一个人开豪车、住豪宅，别人可能会说他“ballin'”。

True. “Sick” is widely used and understood now. ：）

Tons of English abbreviations.

Just learned it. Thx 4 sharing ～～

It's crucial to change a GRE vocabulary to American slang.

有请俞校长：））：）

知道sick是如何引申为cool的吗？是不是有什么典故或联系？

Ordinary miracle ;-)) started in the 1980s. See link below:

https://www.dictionary.com/e/gnarly-nasty-sick-synonyms/