flash
v.— «These are the Seventh Annual New Hampshire State Armwrestling Championships…With John Pickering, in the parlance of the armwrestler, I got “flashed.” He went through me like he was shifting gears in his truck.» —“A Hello To Arms” by James Parker Phoenix (Boston, Massachusetts) Oct. 17, 2007. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
Since the 13th century, the adjective wicked has meant “bad” or “evil.” So why do people in New England use wicked as an intensifying adverb to mean “very” or “extremely”? This is part of a complete...
