Wordie: Boss: Comments

Comment by chained_bear, 14 days ago

Sun, 24 Aug 2008 14:49:15 +0000

In castle architecture, an ornamental projection covering the intersection of the ribs in a vault.

(whichbe, that's cool, thanks for posting!)

Comment by whichbe, 3 months ago

Fri, 16 May 2008 15:26:37 +0000

This word came from the Dutch word baas, meaning "master." But early americans didn’t like using master - it was too aristocratic to survive as a general term. So they started using "baas" in the late 18th century. It caught on (against the objections of some word snobs) and eventually became "boss."

Comment by whatsername, 4 months ago

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 03:02:51 +0000

"That's totally boss!" as in "That's cool!"

Comment by John, 11 months ago

Thu, 11 Oct 2007 04:46:18 +0000

Scouse slang for cool or excellent.