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Smart and savvy have always been compliments but if you wanted to say that in the early 1900s, you would use this strange “society” word.
No, we’re not suggesting you call someone the green villain from the Dr Suess story, which wouldn’t be a compliment at all! Rather, this phrase from the 1950s was a way to tell someone they are beautiful inside and out, the total package. Be careful with this one, though. In Canada “ginch” are men’s briefs!
Anything so amazing as to be practically unbelievable was deemed “outta sight” or “far out” in the 1960s. We like it now because in our modern era of information overload, being out of sight really is quite the feat!
A man in the 1920s proclaiming he’s dizzy wasn’t talking about vertigo, rather it meant he was head-over-heels in love with a dame or classy woman.
Today “gas” doesn’t have great connotations, especially when talking about a person. However, in the 1970s calling someone or something “a gas” meant it was light and a lot of fun. We like that definition better!
We’ll admit it: This sounds a little dirty today. But in the 1950s this simply meant that someone was very excited or enthused about something, and if that something was you—well, how sweet is that? Especially as this evokes delicious raspberries.
Telling someone they have tenacity and endurance, even when things are tough, is always a compliment and this is how you’d convey it in the 1970s. Because truckers just keep on driving, get it?
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Source: RD.com
