1. A linguistic tool used to flaunt one's supreme state of refinement and intellectual capacity, preceding a statement that expresses alarm and/or emphasis.

2. A stand alone vocalization of alarm by a very classy guy.

Adj. Something that is expected to have a long lifespan by virtue of having existed for a long time, based on the lindy effect, named for the New York restaurant Lindy's, coined by Albert Goldman and popularized by Nassim Taleb.

As used in Jeeves & Wooster, and presumably actually by the British upper class before the Great War.

1. Indeed
2. (expression of surprise): huh, wow.
3. Come on, really?
4. Hello
5. Remarkable
6. Etc. Etc.

A special type of cabbage found in Siberia. Known for being incredibly hard and able to be fired out of cannons in the middle ages. Is compared to coal in times of christmas.