Maybe in the US, but wicked was meant "good" in UK slang for 20 or more years. The weird part is usage. In the UK, this construction is usual: "That book was w

Maybe in the US, but wicked was meant "good" in UK slang for 20 or more years. The weird part is usage. In the UK, this construction is usual: "That book was well wicked mate!" "That book was extremely good friend" In other words, in the UK the word "wicked" always stands on its own, could be replaced by "good", "excellent", "amazing" or indeed, "sick" (in the modern sense of the word.) I think "wicked" is not a bit cliched now though. It sounds quite quaint to me. I wouldn't use it anymore except to be ironic. But on the other hand, I only hear US usage more like "wicked cool" - which sounds very artificial and "Dadspeak"(1) to me. Can the US usage be stand alone, or is it only used as an adjective? (1) Dadspeak - when a Dad tries to sound cool and fails horribly by incorrectly using slang terms they don't really understand.