2006-08-03 05:52:29 · 5 answers · asked by unclejed56 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
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"A swell" was a word used in the 19th and early 20th centuries to speak of someone with a lot of money, or in the upper classes. So something swell is good, or as they would say now, cool.
Lousy is the opposite, as poor people were thought to have lice, so anything bad, low-class or poorly done was lousy.
2006-08-03 05:59:16 · answer #1 · answered by anna 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Beaver Cleaver used to say that alot and so did Dennis the Menace.
2006-08-03 12:58:56 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The script writers of Leave it to Beaver.
2006-08-03 13:05:28 · answer #3 · answered by genaddt 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you find out, tell me so I can kill him. On second thought, death is too good for him...
2006-08-03 12:58:47 · answer #4 · answered by FiatJusticia 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
mickey mouse cartoons
2006-08-03 12:57:35 · answer #5 · answered by haat 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋