BTW, "savvy" means "do you know", you say? I thought they meant savvy, like, cool or smooth.
Well, in the context of the film it meant, "Get it?" and over the years it has evolved to meant "cool" or "smooth" like you said. Because one who is savvy is "in the know", therefore "cool".
But it originated with the spanish language word "sabes".
And thus exits the linguistics nerd with way too many useless facts and random information.
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Date: 2003-07-14 10:49 am (UTC)Well, in the context of the film it meant, "Get it?" and over the years it has evolved to meant "cool" or "smooth" like you said. Because one who is savvy is "in the know", therefore "cool".
But it originated with the spanish language word "sabes".
And thus exits the linguistics nerd with way too many useless facts and random information.