by PillRift April 07, 2019
The word “good” has many definitions, including but not limited to:
* Positiveness (a generally positive connotation)
* Negativeness (a generally negative connotation)
* Indifference
* Go fuck yourself (similar to indifference, but more malicious)
* Positiveness (a generally positive connotation)
* Negativeness (a generally negative connotation)
* Indifference
* Go fuck yourself (similar to indifference, but more malicious)
A prime example of a usage of “good” comes from the following exchange:
“How are you doing?”
“Good.”
In this situation, “good” can mean any of the last 3 meanings above.
It cannot mean “Positiveness” as if it did, the above exchange would be grammatically incorrect (the correct usage would be “well”).
An example of “Positiveness” is:
“Who’s a good boy?”
Or
“Who’s a good girl?”
This in fact is the only correct usage of the positive “good”. This is because the only good in this world comes from dogs and other pets.
“How are you doing?”
“Good.”
In this situation, “good” can mean any of the last 3 meanings above.
It cannot mean “Positiveness” as if it did, the above exchange would be grammatically incorrect (the correct usage would be “well”).
An example of “Positiveness” is:
“Who’s a good boy?”
Or
“Who’s a good girl?”
This in fact is the only correct usage of the positive “good”. This is because the only good in this world comes from dogs and other pets.
by TheVastVoid February 08, 2022
Good is a word with many distinct meanings, including but not limited to:
* Positiveness (a generally positive connotation)
* Negativeness (a generally negative connotation)
* Indifference
* Go fuck yourself (similar to indifference but more malicious)
* Positiveness (a generally positive connotation)
* Negativeness (a generally negative connotation)
* Indifference
* Go fuck yourself (similar to indifference but more malicious)
A prime example of a usage of the word the that covers most of the above meanings is the exchange.
“Hey, how are you doing?”
“Good.”
Had the “good” in this exchange been referring to the positive meaning, the exchange would be grammatically incorrect (“good” should be replaced with “well”). Therefore responding to this question with “Good” means you are not doing well, or you don’t want to say so.
An example of “good” with a positive meaning is:
“Who’s a good boy?”
Or
“Who’s a good girl?”
This in fact is the only correct usage of positive good because the only good in this world are dogs and other pets.
“Hey, how are you doing?”
“Good.”
Had the “good” in this exchange been referring to the positive meaning, the exchange would be grammatically incorrect (“good” should be replaced with “well”). Therefore responding to this question with “Good” means you are not doing well, or you don’t want to say so.
An example of “good” with a positive meaning is:
“Who’s a good boy?”
Or
“Who’s a good girl?”
This in fact is the only correct usage of positive good because the only good in this world are dogs and other pets.
by TheVastVoid February 08, 2022
by TheBigSam June 10, 2022