filthy

[Alice Faber]

Is there an adjectival positive "wicked"? I'm only familiar with the
adverbial, in which case one might say that Mo Rivera has a "wicked
filthy cutter".

On 10/26/12 8:57 AM, Victor Steinbok wrote:
> I suspect, in these parts, it might be translated as "wicked".
>
>      VS-)
>
> On 10/26/2012 8:45 AM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
>> Isn't a slider "filthy" because it's specifically sneaky or tricky rather
>> than broadly "cool" or "sweet"?
>>
>> JL
>>
>> On Fri, Oct 26, 2012 at 2:16 AM, Victor Steinbok
>> <aardvark66 at gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>> I've heard it too, but 1) not in baseball (I don't follow baseball,
>> generally, and only watched the last inning today); 2) it's not
>> documented. I'm not claiming primacy in any way, but the usage should be
>> on the record. As for (1), think of the emotionally positive use of
>> "filthy rich".
>>
>>       VS-)
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