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When I read that I imagined LinkedIn is refering to the groovy programming language http://groovy.codehaus.org/ http://groovy.codehaus.org/ Of course... that d
by b0b_d0e 13y ago
When I read that I imagined LinkedIn is refering to the groovy programming language http://groovy.codehaus.org/ http://groovy.codehaus.org/
Of course... that doesn't make a lot of sense for a personality trait either... It makes as much sense as describing someone as C++. Maybe I'm misunderstanding something here.
- loganfrederick 13y agoGroovy (or, less common, "Groovie" or "Groovey") is a slang colloquialism popular during the 1960s and 1970s. It is roughly synonymous with words such as "cool", "excellent", "fashionable", or "amazing", depending on context. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Groovy http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Groovy
- 6cxs2hd6 13y agoThat this needs to be explained makes me feel old.
- LukeShu 13y agoI suspect that it is a geographical-cultural thing, not an age-culture thing. edit: for clarity
- b0b_d0e 13y agoWell, in my defense, I know what it means to be groovy and sorry if post made it seem otherwise. What I was misunderstanding was the fact that you can actually endorse personality traits on people since I have made a point of staying as far away from LinkedIn as possible. I thought that you were only able to endorse skills, and so when I saw they were endorsed for a personality trait I was a little confused and wondered if they meant that as a skill trait :)
- nitrogen 13y agoI interpreted the OP as saying that the uncle endorsed "Groovy" as a skill (presumably the programming language), but probably thought it was a personality trait.
- hcarvalhoalves 13y agoIt's as if Dude from "The Big Lebowski" had LinkedIn endorsements: [ Groovy ][ Chilled ][ Fights "The Man"]
- westicle 13y agoWikipedia is OK, but I don't think anything can explain Groovy as well as Simon & Garfunkel: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NvlW4bEjB5A http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NvlW4bEjB5A
- alina24 13y agoThis might help - http://youtu.be/mWBvcJAXwu4 http://youtu.be/mWBvcJAXwu4 (Simon & Garfunkel)