Slang for lying; to decieve or beguile. A slang term derived from the DC/MD metro area. Typically used in its progressive present participle: swelling.
-Note it is not common to use in simple form present tense: Swell
-Note it is not common to use in simple form present tense: Swell
by Michanism October 07, 2009
Get the Swelling mug.Another phrase to use if you ever appear on a 50's sitcom.
Goes along great with gee wiz!
means: that's great!
Goes along great with gee wiz!
means: that's great!
by whitelulu October 27, 2006
Get the that's swell mug.an old word that basically means fantastic, generally used by old people or hipsters to try to sound hip.
Clark: I think it's just swell!
Lois: Swell? You know, Clark, there are very few people left in the world these days who sound comfortable saying that word.
Clark Kent: What?
Lois Lane: "Swell".
Clark Kent: Really? It just sort of comes naturally to me.
Lois: Swell? You know, Clark, there are very few people left in the world these days who sound comfortable saying that word.
Clark Kent: What?
Lois Lane: "Swell".
Clark Kent: Really? It just sort of comes naturally to me.
by supmy December 18, 2011
Get the swell mug.My son uses this to explain what he is going to do. If he is going to the gym to pump weights, he will say i'm going to go get my swell on
by mwn560 December 08, 2009
Get the swell on mug.a word used to make one's self sound corny yet in a delightful and jolly way; can also be used to create heavy sarcasm through an optimistic sounding word
Jennie: hey, how's your ten page paper comin along?
Nick: oh, just...swell!
Jennie: you didnt start it did you?
Nick:...nope
Nick: oh, just...swell!
Jennie: you didnt start it did you?
Nick:...nope
by mariadabombp January 27, 2010
Get the swell mug.From ye olde English, "'Tis well." Very popular in chatty movies of the 1930s, began to be used sarcastically in the '40s. Nowadays, totally passe (French for "over with.")
by Gedaliah September 14, 2008
Get the swell mug.A: Something that is going well / good
B: Liquid being pumped into something to increase its size (Most common use is blood in the muscles after a hard workout)
C: A gnarly wave
B: Liquid being pumped into something to increase its size (Most common use is blood in the muscles after a hard workout)
C: A gnarly wave
A: Hows your day been?
Just swell and yours?
B: Yo brah, im going to the gym to get my swell on, wanna join?
B: Dude, getting punched in the face made my eye swell up like a balloon.
C: Dude, tubular swells out on the north shore today.
Just swell and yours?
B: Yo brah, im going to the gym to get my swell on, wanna join?
B: Dude, getting punched in the face made my eye swell up like a balloon.
C: Dude, tubular swells out on the north shore today.
by Frat-tastical Menace June 18, 2011
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