Definition Essay On Awesome

There I was, watching the news with my brother. The news quickly changed to a breaking news story about a movie shooting where 17 were shot and killed. I looked at him and say, “that shooting was awesome.” He looked at me horrified, to which I questioned “what the matter?” He responded with, “How can you sit there and say such an event is awesome?” he stormed out of the room. I thought to myself and realized that my brother only knew the slang definition of the word. He was unaware of the negative connotation of the word.
Today, many of the people of the world see awesome with a positive connotation. “The party last night was awesome”, this is a common use of the word awesome as many are unaware of the old meaning of the word. Although,many believe that awesome is known for good or great things, many years ago it was quite the opposite meaning, frequently used in a negative connotation. …show more content…
The definition of awesome, as we know it today is “Extremely impressive or daunting” (“Awesome”). This definition of the word is considered to be slang, meaning that it is an informal definition of the word. Awesome inherited this slang definition in the mid 1900’s. People in present day often misuse the word to describe something as impressive or great such as, a close football game or a novel they have read. As a result of awesome being misused so often in present day times, people have began to forget the real definition of the word. This leads to many people today thinking that it's the only definition of the word. Although awesome has recently been used in a positive impressive connotation, the word’s real definition has a much more negative