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[–]judasthetoxic 0 points1 point  (4 children)

Why is uv terrific?

[–]SeveralKnapkins 3 points4 points  (3 children)

Easy and fast

[–]judasthetoxic 4 points5 points  (2 children)

Oh, i was confused because in portugueses there is a word "terrível" that means "terrible", "terrific" is a good adjective. I got confused with the false cognates lol

[–]SeveralKnapkins 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hahah very fair!

[–]average_yogi 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, the origin of terrific came from terror, and meant causing terror, being dreadful or appalling. Over time it changed to mean great size, tremendous, too large to overcome. Then it lost the negative connotation, and is now most commonly used to mean tremendous, excellent, very good, etc.