Fufu (or fufuo, foofoo, foufou) is a popular African food. In Twi, fufu means “mash or mix” for a soft and doughy staple food of the Akan ethnic groups in Ghana and other African countries.

Chaucer, the Oxford English Dictionary tells us, used cool to describe someone’s wit, Shakespeare to say, “More than cool reason ever comprehends.” But starting around the 1930s, cool began appearing in American English as an extremely casual expression to mean something like ‘intensely good.

When the air in the smoke-filled nightclubs of that era became unbreathable, windows and doors were opened to allow some “cool air” in from the outside to help clear away the suffocating air. By analogy, the slow and smooth jazz style that was typical for that late-night scene came to be called “cool”.

Cheech and Chong

“Cool beans” in the sense of “excellent” or “that’s great” apparently originated as college slang in the US during the 1970s, but many people probably picked it up from the 1980s TV sitcom “Full House,” in which one character habitually used the phrase. Cool the beans, Rambo!” – seemed to mean “Hold on!”

It means both something that is actually true, and something that isn’t true. It’s in the google dictionary now. The word is dead, buried and abused beyond recognition. Actually, not literally.

What does Seems Legit mean? Legit is a shortened version of legitimate which means something is conforming. “Seems Legit” is used as a sarcastic reaction in situations, where something deceptive or questionable is happening and the user can easily predict this happening.

“Sounds about right” can be used when the person is mostly sure of something, but could be wrong. Adding “about” could indicate a little bit of uncertainty over “sounds right”

The word is labeled “slang” in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language (4th ed.) and in Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary (11th ed.) But the Oxford English Dictionary is kinder to “legit,” labeling it as a colloquial abbreviation of “legitimate.”

Legit is slang. Legitimate basically means real, or something that hasn’t been over exaggerated. Like if I said “I’m afraid of slipping on ice” you might respond, “that’s a legitimate fear”. So basically, sounds legit means that sounds real/true.

You use fair enough when you want to say that a statement, decision, or action seems reasonable to a certain extent, but that perhaps there is more to be said or done. If you don’t like it, fair enough, but that’s hardly a justification to attack the whole thing.

Legit. Legit as a shortening of legitimate has been around since the 1890s. It started as theater slang for things associated with legitimate (as opposed to vaudeville or burlesque) theater. From the 1920s on, it was opposed to underworld or shady occupations or places.

Legit as a shortening of legitimate has been around since the 1890s. It started as theater slang for things associated with legitimate (as opposed to vaudeville or burlesque) theater. From the 1920s on, it was opposed to underworld or shady occupations or places. If you were “on the legit” you were being honest.

Lowkey flex- bragging in a subtle way. Highkey – everyone knows / obvious. Highkey cute – it is obvious to everyone that you are cute.

people, no. A swear word is “an offensive word” and any word may be considered offensive by some but not by others depending on country, culture, language, age, upbringing and other social factors. “Bloody” literally means “covered, smeared or comprising of blood” so it isn’t a swearword.

A woman is thirsty when she fails to cloak her emotional needs or insecurities behind a posture of detachment. “Thirsty” reinforces gender stereotypes while coolly pretending not to. It expresses our ambivalent relationship with desire — our constant negation of it, our vigilant policing of it.

1a : to strike sharply with or as if with the open hand. b : to cause to strike with a motion or sound like that of a blow with the open hand. 2 : to put, place, or throw with careless haste or force slapped on a coat of paint. 3 : to subject to a penalty —usually used with with slapped him with a $10 fine.