Be Wicked

HOW TO USE

Speak as Wendy
Speak as Kyle
Wendy: Did you see that snowboarder do a backflip?

Kyle: I did. That was a wicked trick.

Wendy: Wicked? I thought that ‘wicked' meant evil like the wicked witch from the Wizard of Oz.

Kyle: That's the original meaning of the word ‘wicked', but these days, a lot of people use it as slang for awesome, amazing, or fantastic.

Wendy: That's interesting. I've never heard it before.

Kyle: That's not surprising to me. You can use it in many situations, but I've mostly heard it used when watching sports, and you aren't very interested in sports.

Wendy: Do you mean that people use the word ‘wicked' when a basketball player makes an amazing play or a baseball player makes a fantastic catch?

Kyle: That's right. You got it.

Wendy: Wicked.

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