thrilling
does anyone still use this in anything except positive context? The same goes for exciting.

"I had a blowout earlier, clipped the kerb and rolled my car into a ditch. It was exciting."

"I was on the 44th floor of WTC tower 2 when the plane hit. I was thrilled."

Perfectly acceptable uses.
( sandettie light vessel automatic New Twitter - @bollocksreally, Wed 14 Apr 2010, 14:44, 6 replies)

Perfectly acceptable
in terms of grammar and vocabulary, but surely not terribly acceptable in terms of communication? Language (as people always point out) is evolving and, since 99.999% of people would now interpret those statements as odd, they should be best avoided.
( Norbert Lightowler, Wed 14 Apr 2010, 14:52, closed)

When used as above
it does come across as being sarcastic.
( sandettie light vessel automatic New Twitter - @bollocksreally, Wed 14 Apr 2010, 14:55, closed)

oh i don't know
if i was on the 44th floor of tower 2 i reckon i would have been thrilled.
Thrilled to be alive, thrilled to be able to tell the story rather than become part of it, thrilled to never have to buy a drink again as long as i recount my story of the day's events to whoever was propping up the bar at the time.

Yes, thrilled.
(OTT, Wed 14 Apr 2010, 15:16, closed)

My aunt was thrilled to discover she had a brain tumour.
Excited, my uncle cared for her to the end.
( Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Wed 14 Apr 2010, 15:25, closed)

yes
being chased by what we thought were Russian gangsters or some such, drunk, down unlit roads between Volgograd and Kazakhstan was exciting. And scary as hell. But definitely exciting.
(cypherspace is not a toaster, Wed 14 Apr 2010, 15:36, closed)

Actually, it's perfectly acceptable.
That 7.2 earthquake on Easter Sunday? It was scary, but thrilling and exciting at the same time because of the adrenaline rush!
( Batshitmentalist is sane for once, Wed 14 Apr 2010, 19:26, closed)