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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 16, 2011
Apr 23 Word of the Day
1. noun. It is the sudden feeling of an inexplicable joy one gets when something romantic or idealistic occurs.
When kilig, one may experience the following:
*butterflies in one's stomach
*heart melting
*shivers down one's spine
*irrepressible noises from one's mouth
*uncontrollable smiling
*an inner conflict between hope of something wished for and reality
Kilig may also be defined as that mountain top, floating, on cloud nine, invincible, i-could-keep-smiling, heart aching goodness and feeling which overpowers the mind's ability to think straight, act straight, breathe properly and articulate thoughts into a single comprehensible sentence.
When kilig, one may experience the following:
*butterflies in one's stomach
*heart melting
*shivers down one's spine
*irrepressible noises from one's mouth
*uncontrollable smiling
*an inner conflict between hope of something wished for and reality
Kilig may also be defined as that mountain top, floating, on cloud nine, invincible, i-could-keep-smiling, heart aching goodness and feeling which overpowers the mind's ability to think straight, act straight, breathe properly and articulate thoughts into a single comprehensible sentence.
KILIGS much?? ^_^
by mis2n.yoo June 07, 2011
2
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
3
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
4
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 August 21, 2006