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# haha
awesome.

(why doesn't awful mean full of awe?
(I helped save b3ta! monstrinho do biscoito teeeshurts = www.nogunarmy.com, Thu 21 Aug 2008, 14:10, archived)
# it does.
awe c.1200, from O.N. agi "fright," from P.Gmc. *agiz- (cf. O.E. ege "fear," O.H.G. agiso "fright, terror," Goth. agis "fear, anguish"), from PIE *agh-es- (cf. Gk. akhos "pain, grief"), from base *agh- "to be depressed, be afraid" (see ail).
The real question is why awesome means good.
(_Felix 's school of dance and occult sciences, Thu 21 Aug 2008, 14:16, archived)
# erm...
...What he said.
(I helped save b3ta! riverghost servicing your mum since, Thu 21 Aug 2008, 14:18, archived)
# then why does awesome != awful?
(I helped save b3ta! monstrinho do biscoito teeeshurts = www.nogunarmy.com, Thu 21 Aug 2008, 14:34, archived)