Thursday, November 8, 2012

Righteous!

I really like the word "righteous." I think it is really interesting how the word is associated with morality, but is also used in slang. However, even in its slang form it means, essentially, "good." It is fascinating to me that a generation could adopt this word into their typical slang given its "morality." Many slang words seem to come from words that had good connotations and were then transformed to be either offensive or to have a completely different meaning (e.g. gay). The meaning of "righteous" changes slightly, but is still linked to its original definition. It's righteous!

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