The bomb
English translation: American slang
| 01:14 Feb 22, 2005 |
| English language (monolingual) [Non-PRO] Social Sciences - Other | ||||
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| 4 +1 | the best that ever was, the greatest |
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| 5 | tubular/rad/rad to the max |
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| 5 | American slang |
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| 4 | cool |
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| 4 | a kick |
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16 mins confidence: 
| the bomb cool Explanation: US college slang - da bomb: (adjective) Great; awesome; extremely cool. http://www.csupomona.edu/~jasanders/slang/gloss.html |
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38 mins confidence:
| the bomb a kick Explanation: like "you're a kick" heard that |
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1 hr confidence: peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1| the bomb the best that ever was, the greatest Explanation: bomb: the best that ever was, the greatest Example: This new restaurant is the bomb! Reference: http://www.slangsite.com/slang/B.html |
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1 hr confidence:
| the bomb tubular/rad/rad to the max Explanation: These are the latest. Tubular comes from surfers who ride the tube of the wave, very difficult. Sarah Dashew. January 03, 2005. Happy sneeze new cough year. I'm about to fall into my own bed after a wayyyyy too long weekend of travel with a cold. ... So today I'm wrapping presents, watching tv and not getting out of my pj's. Awesome! Tubular! Rad to the max, mannnn ... http://www.sarahdashew.com/blog/journal.html |
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1 hr confidence:
| the bomb American slang Explanation: some other words that can mean the same: awesome,cool,great,remarkable,the best,swell,outstanding. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 1 hr 18 mins (2005-02-22 02:33:48 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- and you can say that to someone, (certain people) \"you are da bomb!\" -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 1 hr 20 mins (2005-02-22 02:35:51 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- note: you would usually say that phrase to somebody that is your friend or you know well,is the same age as you. because it is casual.. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 1 hr 21 mins (2005-02-22 02:36:11 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- note: you would usually say that phrase to somebody that is your friend or you know well,is the same age as you. because it is casual.. |
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