Awesome! Totally awesome!
Jeff Spicoli, Fast Times at Ridgemont High
In the early 1980s everything and anything good was deemed “awesome!” A product of my generation, I still catch myself saying it, but I have mostly stopped saying “gnarly” and “gag me with a spoon.” Mostly.
It turns out a little more “awe” in our lives is good for us, according to a 2018 white paper from Berkeley. The feeling of awe — only recently…