That good its Sick

geeza · 28 Jul 2007 at 10:43

Have you ever felt something has been that good that when you think about it or see pictures or whatever that you actually feel sick? Or when something is REALLY good you actually feel like you are going to be sick (and sometimes dry heave)

Is that where the expression comes from "thats sick" Never really thought where the expression came from until now

Why do you feel it?

TaKeN · 28 Jul 2007 at 10:44

Nope

However.. if I hear a song that I realy realy like it can make the hairs stand up on my arms and the back of my neck

geeza · 28 Jul 2007 at 10:46

TaKeN said:
Nope

However.. if I hear a song that I realy realy like it can make the hairs stand up on my arms and the back of my neck

yeh, amplify that by about 1000. Your whole body gets it and you cant really stand

Angus-Higgins · 28 Jul 2007 at 10:47

I have never had that feeling.

I imagine the term "sick" (meaning "good") comes from people wanting to have some form of rebellion from Standard English, it also sounds quite good. Adding the uncertainty (by having no clear difference between "sick" meaning bad, and "sick" meaning good) could be done on purpose to ensure that people have to understand the thing that is being referred to (i.e. are "cool") to be able to agree or comment further without fear of embarrassment, or getting it wrong.

Just ideas though, Urban Dictionary returned nothing useful as to the etymology.

Angus Higgins

Darkwave · 28 Jul 2007 at 10:48

geeza said:
when you think about it or see pictures or whatever that you actually feel sick? Or when something is REALLY good you actually feel like you are going to be sick (and sometimes dry heave)

Do you mean like when you get butterflies?

geeza · 28 Jul 2007 at 10:50

Ulfhedjinn said:
Do you mean like when you get butterflies?

yeh sort of. but on a lot bigger scale

knowlesy · 28 Jul 2007 at 11:00

maybes the butterflie's in your stomach feeling ?? better description than

Hey ive got butterflie's in my stomach

or

hey thats sick ????

Fraggr · 28 Jul 2007 at 11:02

Have you ever felt something has been that good that when you think about it or see pictures or whatever that you actually feel sick? Or when something is REALLY good you actually feel like you are going to be sick (and sometimes dry heave)

Crack?

churned · 28 Jul 2007 at 11:14

geeza said:
Have you ever felt something has been that good that when you think about it or see pictures or whatever that you actually feel sick? Or when something is REALLY good you actually feel like you are going to be sick

You're in love, aren't you

Ecl · 28 Jul 2007 at 12:19

Doing a bungiejump was scary and I was sick, not "seen" anything that has made me do that yet.

geeza · 28 Jul 2007 at 12:26

churned said:
You're in love, aren't you

nope.

Ecl -ive never been sick or got dry heaves just from looking at things.

Illusion · 28 Jul 2007 at 12:30

geeza said:
nope.

Ecl -ive never been sick or got dry heaves just from looking at things.

I think I know the feeling you mean, I normally feel it say when in a nightclub and something just starts kicking in, then a great tune comes on.

Is that what you mean?

Deluxe1 · 28 Jul 2007 at 12:51

geeza said:
Have you ever felt something has been that good that when you think about it or see pictures or whatever that you actually feel sick? Or when something is REALLY good you actually feel like you are going to be sick (and sometimes dry heave)

Nope,cant say i have.

Jaaay · 28 Jul 2007 at 17:08

I get sick from looking at sick

Azagoth · 28 Jul 2007 at 17:11

I don't do the whole 'sick is good' thing, as is embarrassingly illustrated in this post.

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showpost.php?p=9602456&postcount=32

titchard · 28 Jul 2007 at 17:32

Anyone have "Good Sick" and "Bad sick" ?

Eating lots of chocolate / kebab / favorite food till you feel ill - Good Sick

Getting ill from food poisoning etc - Bad Sick

Anyone? just me and my dad?

Rich

Mana · 28 Jul 2007 at 17:33

Angus-Higgins said:
I have never had that feeling.

I imagine the term "sick" (meaning "good") comes from people wanting to have some form of rebellion from Standard English, it also sounds quite good. Adding the uncertainty (by having no clear difference between "sick" meaning bad, and "sick" meaning good) could be done on purpose to ensure that people have to understand the thing that is being referred to (i.e. are "cool") to be able to agree or comment further without fear of embarrassment, or getting it wrong.

Just ideas though, Urban Dictionary returned nothing useful as to the etymology.

Angus Higgins

e.g playing someone at poker u have pocket 6's he has pocket 5's... flop comes something like J 5 6, u raise big he calls... turn comes, its a 5... u raise big with a fullhouse... he goes all in...

river comes and its something like a 8... he turns over his quad 5's... i think that is pretty sick and fits your description

-Nick- · 28 Jul 2007 at 17:36

you have way too much time on your hands for starting this thread tbh

Jonny ///M · 28 Jul 2007 at 18:43

My mates 'tobacco' its that good i nearly hit the deck.

Fraggr · 28 Jul 2007 at 19:04

Jonny ///M said:
My mates 'tobacco' its that good i nearly hit the deck.

Your 'attempt' at hiding the real meaning is that good I nearly hit the deck.