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    [Adjective]  | "de*cent" | \ ˈdē-sᵊnt \


    1: marked by moral integrity, kindness, and goodwill

    2: conforming to standards of propriety, good taste, or morality

    3: modestly clothed

    Origin: 1539 ;

     Middle French or Latin; Middle French, from Latin decent-, decens, present participle of decēre to be fitting; akin to Latin decus honor, dignus worthy, Greek dokein to see:m, see:m good;

    [Idiom]  | "halfway decent" 


    1: fairly good

    [Adjective]  | "decent" 


    1: conforming to a high standard of morality or virtue;


      * e.g., " ... as decent and kind a couple as you could ever hope to meet "




    2: following the accepted rules of moral conduct;


      * e.g., " ... demanded nothing less than decent behavior by the troops serving overseas "




    3: following the established traditions of refined society and good taste;


      * e.g., " ... decent clothing for someone attending a funeral, if only as a friend of a friend "




     [ "decent" ]

    1: another word to use for "good", because "good" is so played out.

      * e.g.,  ... Man, I'm decent... I mean come on. 

     [ "decent" ]

    1: In the late 70's and early 80's, decent was the equivilant to the standard current usage of "awesome" or "cool".

      * e.g.,  ... Aww...that mustang is decent! 

     [ "decent" ]

    1: A word every fucking person in the entire goddamn world uses to describe absolutely everything that isn't bad.

      * e.g.,  ... Bro: You saw that new movie? How was it? 

     [ "decent" ]

    1: awesome; very good quality.

      * e.g.,  ... "That sandwich was decent." 

     [ "decent" ]

    1: A way of saying you have clothes on, not nekkid or naked.

      * e.g.,  ... Dude 1: "You naked, dude?" 

     [ "decent" ]

    1: another word for 'standard' or 'OK' looking.

      * e.g.,  ... fren: did u link dat boy 

     [ "decent" ]

    1: not quite good, yet not quite bad

      * e.g.,  ... {If you just played a trick on someone} Man, I'm decent. 

     [ "decent" ]

    1: a all purpose word that would basically explain how someone looks or how your feeling.

      * e.g.,  ... Dat gurl was Decent. ( you would put a ugly sound on decent, but if she is fine you would put a hype sound on decent) 

     [ "decent" ]

    1: a nice way to say someone is not cute

      * e.g.,  ... Girl 1: What did your blind date look like? 

     [ "decent" ]

    1: decent can be used as an alternative to the word SAFE when saying hello or goodbye to ones peers.

      * e.g.,  ... "Yeh i'll check you later.decent yeh" 

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