Lovely jubbly: 26 ways to say 'groovy'
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Channel: Oxford Academic (Oxford University Press) · 2012 · Education
Julie Coleman, author of 'The Life of Slang', explains the life cycle of slang words and takes a look at terms that have been used to signify 'good'.
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