sovay

Andrew Bird uses this word on his album "The Mysterious Production of Eggs." Bird explained that it was born during a time of writer's block. Thinking that his muse had left him, Bird cracked open a volume of old English/Irish songs and came across a Dorsetshire version of "The Female Highwayman" that used the name of a girl, 'Sovay.' For whatever reason, it seemed to flood him with inspiration, and he wrote his own song in response. It's an easy-going, lilting little pop song about fighting back against the forces that seek to contain and confine creativity. It's a song about something happening that's never happened before… "and a word washed ashore…"

sovay, sovay, sovay
all along the day

by Nogasake December 22, 2006

savvy

Technically means "Well-informed, perceptive, or shrewd"; in the summer of 2003, fans of "Pirates of the Carribean" adopted the meaning given to the word by Johnny Depp's Catain Jack.

Now used by PotC fans to mean, "Get it?"

"Shut up or I'll shut you up -- savvy?"

by Tak, the Hideous New Girl December 29, 2003

erowid savvy

an individual whos first instinct when curious about a drug is to look it up on erowid, or someone who enjoys spending their free time reading experience reports or scouting out new drugs to try.

person A:want to chill tonight?
person B:nah dude im just about to come up and im feeling erowid savvy.

by jacobSEE January 12, 2009

Sovay

Sovay is a title of honor and also is a verb where one can sovay

I suppose Beegin is indeed sovaying!

Milo was referred to as Sovay Mi once he joined Beegin Clan

by Ckizzi December 13, 2021

savvy

to be clued up is to be savvy. comes from the french verbs 'savoir faire', which means the 'know how'.

damn that boy is savvy.

by nobby January 2, 2005

Savvy

a noun or adjective indicating anything a high level of knowledge in some field (i.e. fashion); since The Pirates of the Caribbean came out, it has often been equated with "understand"

Regarding the etymology of the word, it is most likely another anglified French word, from the original "savoir," which means "to know." Like parley (also used in "Pirates"), which means "to speak," it was probably absorbed into the English vocabulary back when French was more of a global language.

He's very computer-savvy.

She's such a savvy dresser.

by Savster December 16, 2008

Savvy?

Got it? Do you understand? Use to REALLY get your point across.

If Dracula bit you you'd sue the garlic farmer, savvy?

by Vernon Dozier February 4, 2006