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Date Posted: 02:21:38 01/11/06 Wed
Author: Celebaelin
Subject: Re: More specifically then, is/was "wicked" regional originally?
In reply to: Constance 's message, "Re: More specifically then, is/was "wicked" regional originally?" on 01:03:08 01/11/06 Wed

Thanks for this.

Either really, or both, but I meant as an intensifier primarily in the way that Faith uses it (wicked hot, sleeping without a stitch IIRC)

*eyes glaze over*

sorry for the non-verbal moment there

"Why do you ask" I hear you cry in unison

Jenny wrote:
'Wicked' in Maine is used as an intensifier, so something can be 'wicked good' or the weather can be 'wicked cold' or 'wicked hot'.

and, with thanks to Constance

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Re: Wicked?
By adamg - Mar 10, 2004, 2:38 PM
Post #13 of 28 [In reply to]

I've heard non-Boston kids use "wicked," but only as an adjective, as in "That car is wicked!"

In Boston (and in Maine, let's not forget that Maine is Massachusetts' lost colony), it's pretty much strictly an adverb.

Anybody remember when WBCN had the Wicked Yella van? You know, back when they had a morning DJ who actually sounded like he was from around heah?

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