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"understand?"
Yarr, I was swabbin' the poop deck when me main mast took a tumble into Davy Jone's Locker; Avast, it was me own 'heartie, scurvy Sea-Dog Peg Leg who sivered me timbers; made 'im walk the bloody plank, Savvy?
by Capn' Jack Sparrow July 14, 2003
May 5 Word of the Day
A catch all word to describe anything that is basic, uncool or untrendy. According to The New York Times, "cheugy (pronounced chew-gee) can be used, broadly, to describe someone who is out of date or trying too hard."
Things that are cheugy:
The New York Times
PT Cruisers
Goldendoodles
Australians
Addison Rae
White people
Billionaires
The person writing this definition
Things that are cheugy:
The New York Times
PT Cruisers
Goldendoodles
Australians
Addison Rae
White people
Billionaires
The person writing this definition
by Callmemaybe69 May 04, 2021
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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?"
Now used by PotC fans to mean, "Get it?"
by Tak, the Hideous New Girl December 29, 2003
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to be clued up is to be savvy. comes from the french verbs 'savoir faire', which means the 'know how'.
by nobby January 02, 2005
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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.
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.
by Savster December 04, 2008