filthy

[Dan Goncharoff]

To me, there is no problem saying Mo has a "wicked cutter". Adjectival use
is well documented.
DanG


On Fri, Oct 26, 2012 at 9:35 AM, Alice Faber <faber at haskins.yale.edu> wrote:

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> 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".
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> 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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