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I always think of the famous Hindenburg crash tape. "it's a terrific crash" 1937 for those, like me, that weren't sure of the decade. https://genius.com/Herber
by pfranz 6y ago
I always think of the famous Hindenburg crash tape. "it's a terrific crash" 1937 for those, like me, that weren't sure of the decade.
https://genius.com/Herbert-morrison-hindenburg-disaster-broadcast-oh-the-humanity-annotated https://genius.com/Herbert-morrison-hindenburg-disaster-broa...
- mellosouls 6y agoSure - but that is "terrific" in the still-current sense of "massive, of great size" - not the archaic use in the parent.
- pfranz 6y agoThe only reason I remember that use is because it sounded out of place to me. This posting [1] puts the usage change from around 1880-1930. I've always taken the modern usage to mean unusually fine/magnificent. [1] https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/38606/what-gave-terrific-a-positive-connotation https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/38606/what-gave-...