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boss
adjective
very good, excellent US, 1873
The word was around for 70 years before taking off; it was popular beyond description in 1965 and 1966.- — Francis J. Rigney and L. Douglas Smith, The Real Bohemia, p. xiii, 1961
- Even the kids who aren’t full-time car nuts themselves will be influenced by which car is considered “boss.” They use that word a lot, “boss.” — Tom Wolfe, The Kandy-Kolored Tangerine Falke Streamline Baby, p. 80, 1964
- He said he had a real boss feeling. — Claude Brown, Manchild in the Promised Land, p. 112, 1965
- In the past few months, “good” has been replaced by “neat,” “sane,” “tough,” “boss,” “kicky,” “gear,” “wild,” “crazy” and “herman” to name but a few. — San Francisco Chronicle, p. 23, 17 August 1965
- Of all the people I have spoken to, only one person really thought they (beach movies) were “boss” (great) and that was my 10-year-old kid sister. [Letter to the Editor] — Life, p. 59, 6 August 1965
- They left the joint and “Willie” knew that he’d scored, when she ushered him into a chauffeur driven limosine and to a boss pad in the East Seventies. — Babs Gonzales, I Paid My Dues, p. 101, 1967
- — Hy Lit, Hy Lit’s Unbelievable Dictionary of Hip Words for Groovy People, p. 6, 1968
- It would be a boss honor to buy you a taste. — Iceberg Slim (Robert Beck), Pimp, p. 126, 1969
- Don’t you think the Beach Boys are boss? — American Graffiti, 1973
- He thought it was boss when he shot that horse / He thought he was being hip. — Dennis Wepman et al., The Life, p. 97, 1976
- What’s with the boss threads? — Empire Records, 1995
- Considering that it’s nearly Christmas and that, it’s a boss fucking day. You could almost get a bronzie off’ve that sun. — Kevin Sampson, Outlaws, p. 3, 2001
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