Suggest an adjective of extreme approval similar to 'awesome' that an uptight Brit like me could comfortably use

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And maybe it will become common parlance!

― chap, Sunday, 20 September 2009 04:51 (seventeen years ago)

Gear! (Beatles used to say it all the time, don't know if anyone still says it now but I love it as an exclamation of awesomeness.)

― VegemiteGrrrl, Sunday, 20 September 2009 04:53 (seventeen years ago)

"Fantastic!"

― ian, Sunday, 20 September 2009 05:05 (seventeen years ago)

"Bully!" We need more Teddy Roosevelt-isms in our life.

― VegemiteGrrrl, Sunday, 20 September 2009 05:08 (seventeen years ago)

"Smashing!"

― ian, Sunday, 20 September 2009 05:15 (seventeen years ago)

'jolly good!'

― mookieproof, Sunday, 20 September 2009 05:32 (seventeen years ago)

"Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious" - if you say it loud enough you'll always sound precocious!

― VegemiteGrrrl, Sunday, 20 September 2009 05:55 (seventeen years ago)

Gasptastic.

― StanM, Sunday, 20 September 2009 06:34 (seventeen years ago)

cha-ching!
score!
blammo! as in you just got a stike in wii bowling... not as in "that new haircut is blammo"

― beauty of grunge = abandon (CaptainLorax), Sunday, 20 September 2009 06:49 (seventeen years ago)

Brilliant!

― musically, Sunday, 20 September 2009 06:51 (seventeen years ago)

well good

― holosystolic murmur and the thrill (gbx), Sunday, 20 September 2009 06:52 (seventeen years ago)

"Platypus!"

― huh (latebloomer), Sunday, 20 September 2009 06:55 (seventeen years ago)

I thought you guys said "splendid."

― nickn, Sunday, 20 September 2009 07:42 (seventeen years ago)

Excellent (or is that too Mr Burns like?)
Marvellous, for a whiff of the cricket commentary
My flatmate says "Delicimoso" which I find faintly embarrassing. The ideal source for an English, masculine, assertive statement of approval surely must be Biggles. Cracking good stuff.

― menelaus, Sunday, 20 September 2009 08:21 (seventeen years ago)

"Excellent!"
http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/music/billandted460.jpg

― a gift from your mind in the form of the perfect beat (snoball), Sunday, 20 September 2009 08:26 (seventeen years ago)

Biggles

How about "Top hole!" <insert Biggles homoerotic subject joke here>

― a gift from your mind in the form of the perfect beat (snoball), Sunday, 20 September 2009 08:27 (seventeen years ago)

~~subject~~ subtext

― a gift from your mind in the form of the perfect beat (snoball), Sunday, 20 September 2009 08:27 (seventeen years ago)

"quite nice" or "rather nice"

― Change Display Name: (Steve Shasta), Sunday, 20 September 2009 08:34 (seventeen years ago)

spiffing

― Ismael Klata, Sunday, 20 September 2009 08:36 (seventeen years ago)

Corking!
Marvellous.
Magnificent!
Blinding.
Pornofornocacophagomaniacal!

― alien vs the smiths (country matters), Sunday, 20 September 2009 08:42 (seventeen years ago)

I've attempted to revive 'capital' before, attracting much scorn.

― Ismael Klata, Sunday, 20 September 2009 08:42 (seventeen years ago)

^^^YES, except without the scorn. Gotta time these things :p although 'Capital' is generally to be used to express mild or sarcastic approval rather than extreme approval.

― alien vs the smiths (country matters), Sunday, 20 September 2009 08:44 (seventeen years ago)

Monstah!

― a gift from your mind in the form of the perfect beat (snoball), Sunday, 20 September 2009 08:46 (seventeen years ago)

Oh, 'well jackson innit', obv

― alien vs the smiths (country matters), Sunday, 20 September 2009 08:46 (seventeen years ago)

JURASSIC PARK

― alien vs the smiths (country matters), Sunday, 20 September 2009 08:46 (seventeen years ago)

"Génial!"
"Pleasant!"

― Lloyd George and the Commotions (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 20 September 2009 08:47 (seventeen years ago)

Thrilling!

― this must be what FAIL is really like (ledge), Sunday, 20 September 2009 08:48 (seventeen years ago)

"Sexsational!"

― Lloyd George and the Commotions (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 20 September 2009 08:48 (seventeen years ago)

http://i35.tinypic.com/2zewfhw.jpg

― StanM, Sunday, 20 September 2009 08:52 (seventeen years ago)

Ripper!

― menelaus, Sunday, 20 September 2009 08:54 (seventeen years ago)

Topper!

― alien vs the smiths (country matters), Sunday, 20 September 2009 08:55 (seventeen years ago)

RESPLENDENT

― alien vs the smiths (country matters), Sunday, 20 September 2009 08:55 (seventeen years ago)

Cricket is a reliably rich source for this sort of thing. 'Unplayable', 'ripper', 'meaty' or the all-purpose exclamation 'bowling!' would all be just dandy.

― Ismael Klata, Sunday, 20 September 2009 08:56 (seventeen years ago)

SHOT!

― alien vs the smiths (country matters), Sunday, 20 September 2009 08:56 (seventeen years ago)

"Fanrrific!"

― Lloyd George and the Commotions (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 20 September 2009 08:57 (seventeen years ago)

http://tomasf.se/etc/huzzah.jpg

― weatheringdaleson, Sunday, 20 September 2009 08:59 (seventeen years ago)

Tickety-boo?

― menelaus, Sunday, 20 September 2009 09:04 (seventeen years ago)

Wizzard
Super
Banging

― menelaus, Sunday, 20 September 2009 09:12 (seventeen years ago)

"Scrooge McDuck!"

― huh (latebloomer), Sunday, 20 September 2009 09:25 (seventeen years ago)

Radical

― menelaus, Sunday, 20 September 2009 09:56 (seventeen years ago)

reading through these too fast i saw

fanficrific
spliffing
gaptastic

― jergins, Sunday, 20 September 2009 10:01 (seventeen years ago)

"Result!"

I use this one a bit. Also "Excellent", but I always emphasise the Mr Burns stylings.

― krakow, Sunday, 20 September 2009 10:05 (seventeen years ago)

There are so many ways to say "excellent!"
http://redmarketer.files.wordpress.com/2009/02/waynes-world_l.jpg

― a gift from your mind in the form of the perfect beat (snoball), Sunday, 20 September 2009 10:07 (seventeen years ago)

Ah, I get so stuck in the Mr Burns manner that I forgot Wayne! I'm going to try and remember to switch it up a bit with my "Excellent!" saying.

― krakow, Sunday, 20 September 2009 10:20 (seventeen years ago)

Only one way to say Bodacious though

― menelaus, Sunday, 20 September 2009 10:32 (seventeen years ago)

gnarly
tubular
way cool
groovy
mondo
outrageous
funky

― salsa shark, Sunday, 20 September 2009 11:20 (seventeen years ago)

is that a list of the Star Road levels in Super Mario World?

This thread is a godsend, too often lately I've felt awkward at saying 'awesome'. I'm pretty sure that a Scottish guy saying 'corking' will be much better.

― Akon/Family (Merdeyeux), Sunday, 20 September 2009 11:53 (seventeen years ago)

Cracking works better than corking in a Scottish accent. Well, in my Scottish accent anyway.

― ailsa, Sunday, 20 September 2009 12:07 (seventeen years ago)

Ace!
Boss!
Nice!

― tlönic irrigation (c sharp major), Sunday, 20 September 2009 12:11 (seventeen years ago)

Skill!

― Colonel Poo, Sunday, 20 September 2009 12:14 (seventeen years ago)

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Bone-zer

just to clarify this is 'bonzer' as pronounced by an uptight Brit.

― this must be what FAIL is really like (ledge), Wednesday, 7 October 2009 16:24 (seventeen years ago)

Hello!

― gnarly sceptre, Wednesday, 7 October 2009 16:24 (seventeen years ago)

"indeed" = person that uses this as an approving exclamation is or was, in my experience, an avid reader of fantasy novels

― butt sound insanity (gbx), Wednesday, 7 October 2009 16:24 (seventeen years ago)

Love it NickB, how apt.

― krakow, Wednesday, 7 October 2009 16:24 (seventeen years ago)

Here, for ease of checking is an alphabetical list of everything that made it into the first two polls. Might save folks a bit of ctrl-f bother.

A bit good!
Ace!
Ave it!
Banging!
Biddley-Boo!
Bitchin!
Blammo!
Blinding!
Bonza!
Bonzai!
Boss!
Bowling!
Brilliant!
Bully!
Capital!
Cha-ching!
Cleavage!
Copacetic!
Corking!
Cracking good stuff!
Delicimoso!
Excellent!
Fanriffic!
Fantastic!
Fresh!
funky!
Fwoooar!
Gasptastic!
Gear!
Génial!
Genius!
Get in!
gnarly!
Grand!
groovy!
Hammock!
Huzzah!
I say!
Jolly good!
Jurassic Park!
Magnificent!
Marvellous!
Meaty!
mondo!
Monstah!
Nadical!
Nice!
Obama!
outrageous!
Outstanding!
Peachy!
Platypus!
Pleasant!
Poontastic!
Quite nice!
Radical!
Rather nice!
Regal mate!
Resplendent!
Result!
Ripper!
Score!
Scrooge McDuck!
Sexsational!
Shot!
Skill!
Smashing!
Sound!
Spiceworld!
Spiffing!
Splendid!
Stereo!
Stiff!
Stonking!
Super!
Superb!
Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious!
Terrific!
Thrilling!
Tickety-boo!
Tits!
Top banana!
Top hole!
Topper!
Tripod!
Tubular!
Unplayable!
way cool!
Well good!
Well jackson innit!
Wizzard!
Ya dancer!
You beauty!

― krakow, Wednesday, 7 October 2009 16:49 (seventeen years ago)

Another new one:

Storming!

― krakow, Wednesday, 7 October 2009 16:49 (seventeen years ago)

Nice one Krakow! Nifty job.

― chap, Wednesday, 7 October 2009 16:52 (seventeen years ago)

Succotash!

― Squash weather (Eazy), Wednesday, 7 October 2009 16:53 (seventeen years ago)

Sharp!

Wicker!

Walter Matthau!

― Squash weather (Eazy), Wednesday, 7 October 2009 16:54 (seventeen years ago)

Hooj!

― That's not just me saying that, that's the Pentagon. (contenderizer), Wednesday, 7 October 2009 16:55 (seventeen years ago)

Giddy-Up!

― young depardieu looming out of void in hour of profound triumph (Le Bateau Ivre), Wednesday, 7 October 2009 17:05 (seventeen years ago)

Belting.

― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 7 October 2009 17:12 (seventeen years ago)

"Wonderbar!"

― musically, Wednesday, 7 October 2009 21:26 (seventeen years ago)

I'll do the third poll in a couple of hours, so last chance if anyone wants to sneak a few in.

― chap, Thursday, 8 October 2009 11:38 (seventeen years ago)

toothsome

― estela, Thursday, 8 October 2009 11:47 (seventeen years ago)

raw-ther

― Brewer's Bitch (darraghmac), Thursday, 8 October 2009 11:57 (seventeen years ago)

http://www.booksfromscotland.com/assets_spa/dynamic/1180435450972.jpeg

... correct spelling!

― The Prince's choice: making a brush. (Tom D.), Thursday, 8 October 2009 12:02 (seventeen years ago)

I had that Denace the Menace Fan Club badge. You got a hairy Gnasher one too with your membership card. Dead smart!

― Obscured by clowns (NickB), Thursday, 8 October 2009 12:15 (seventeen years ago)

sweet

― Ismael Klata, Thursday, 8 October 2009 12:51 (seventeen years ago)

Safe!

― Man!! (Man!!) (country matters), Thursday, 8 October 2009 12:55 (seventeen years ago)

"Rather!" & "Sweet!" are sad omissions, good call.

Also, I don't know if "Nice one!" is distinct enough from "Nice!"

― krakow, Thursday, 8 October 2009 12:57 (seventeen years ago)

I'm amazed how many of these there are. They just keep coming.

― krakow, Thursday, 8 October 2009 12:58 (seventeen years ago)

Heavens! ;)

― ken "save-a-finn" c (ken c), Thursday, 8 October 2009 13:00 (seventeen years ago)

Scottish version - "ya dancer"