| Title: | The Joy of Lex |
| Notice: | A Notes File even your grammar could love |
| Moderator: | THEBAY::SYSTEM |
| Created: | Fri Feb 28 1986 |
| Last Modified: | Mon Jun 02 1997 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 1192 |
| Total number of notes: | 42769 |
I have sometimes heard a bratty kid being described as "fresh".
(Sometimes I was that bratty kid...)
What is a "fresh" kid? (The dictionary says impudent, sassy,
bold.)
What might be the origin of using "fresh" in this context?
Joe Oppelt
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| 487.1 | INK::KALLIS | A Dhole isn't a political animal. | Tue Mar 01 1988 20:58 | 12 | |
The dictionary also says, probably by folk etymology, from the Germanic
_Frech_, meaning disdposed to take liberties, or impudent.
A cogitation: The idea that a youngster can get away with things
that oldsters can't is that they are "too young" to understand fully
their actions. The tenderfoot who commits gaffes is still "wet
behind the ears," and [thus] doesn't know any better. Thus, to
a certain extent, misbehavior can be out of ignorance. However,
if the behavior persists, the person can be said to be acting [as
if he or she were] fresh.
Steve Kallis, Jr.
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| 487.2 | Don't get fresh with me, young man | HOMSIC::DUDEK | Call me Dr. Brevity | Wed Mar 02 1988 16:02 | 5 |
.1 Doesn't take into account that fresh, as in disposed to take
liberties, is also used to refer to the dating practices of certain
men. (Getting fresh?)
Spd
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| 487.3 | hiphop | COOKIE::DEVINE | Bob Devine | Sat Jun 25 1988 03:59 | 7 |
"Fresh" and "def" are the current street lingo to mean
new and good. The current crop of kids have adapted
those words to their vocabulary by giving them new
meanings.
The "cool" and "groovy" of the late 60's / early 70's sound
very hoary to an ear attuned to the late 1980's (or 1980s ;-).
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