In 1966 & '67 we used the word "wicked" all the time in Imperial Beach, California, a Southern California coastal suburb of San Diego, to describe something totally hot, awesome, cool, bitchin, etc.
Originates from the Massacusetts-Rhode Island area of New England, used as a synonum to very and really. Rivals the West Coast’s word hella…
My boy is wicked smaht.
An adjective used in place of the word 'very'. The term is used in this way mainly in Massachusetts and Rhode Island.
That is wicked cool.
I'm wicked pissed.
A word used by people in the Boston/New England area instead of hecka, hella or whatever the hell you use
The Red Sox kick wicked big yankee ass.
Very cool, awesome. As seen on The Ali G Show.
"I boned me Julie last night."
"Yo, wicked! Total respek."
Wicked is a word used by all New Englanders, not just certain states, all New England States. It means really or very. It is the same thing as "Hella"
That was wicked awesome.
Pronunciation: 'wi-ked
Function: adjective
1 : morally very bad <that old lady is wicked>
Function: adverd
1 : (New England origins) used to replace "extremely", "very", "exceptionally", ect. Simirlar to other slang terms such as "mad" <that lady we just past in the store had some mad curves>
I got some wicked high air going off that jump on the ski slope.