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词组 gallus; gallows
释义 gallus; gallows
adjective
attractive, wonderful; self-confident, quick-witted, brave, ostentatious, nonchalant; also used as an intensifier UK, 1789
A phonetic slurring of “gallows” suggesting “fit for the gallows” and thus “wicked”–a very early example of “bad” means “good”. In the US from the 1840s to 1940s.
  • Pure gallus, so they are. — Ian Pattison, Rab C. Nesbitt, 1988
  • We are the people meant we are the people. It was just a gallus affirmation of being happy with who you were, and good luck to anyone who felt that way. — Christopher Brookmyre, The Sacred Art of Stealing, p. 338, 2002
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