" swellings "

 [ "that's swell" ]

1: Another phrase to use if you ever appear on a 50's sitcom.

  * e.g.,  ... Little Billy: Gee, That's swell! I've never ridden a bike before! 

 [ "that's swell" ]

2: Goes along great with gee wiz!

 [ "that's swell" ]

3: means: that's great!

 [ "swell" ]

1: an old word that basically means fantastic, generally used by old people or hipsters to try to sound hip.

  * e.g.,  ... Clark: I think it's just swell! 

 [ "swell on" ]

1: My son uses this to explain what he is going to do. If he is going to the gym to pump weights, he will say i'm going to go get my swell on

  * e.g.,  ... I'll be back in two hours, I'm going to the gym to get my (swell on) 

 [ "swell" ]

1: a word used to make one's self sound corny yet in a delightful and jolly way; can also be used to create heavy sarcasm through an optimistic sounding word

  * e.g.,  ... Jennie: hey, how's your ten page paper comin along? Nick: oh, just...swell! Jennie: you didnt start it did you? Nick:...nope 

 [ "swell" ]

1: From ye olde English, "'Tis well." Very popular in chatty movies of the 1930s, began to be used sarcastically in the '40s. Nowadays, totally passe (French for "over with.")

  * e.g.,  ... Old fart: That's swell. 

 [ "Swell" ]

1: A: Something that is going well / good

  * e.g.,  ... A: Hows your day been? 

 [ "Swell" ]

2: B: Liquid being pumped into something to increase its size (Most common use is blood in the muscles after a hard workout)

  * e.g.,  ... Just swell and yours? B: Yo brah, im going to the gym to get my swell on, wanna join? B: Dude, getting punched in the face made my eye swell up like a balloon. C: Dude, tubular swells out on the north shore today. 

 [ "Swell" ]

3: C: A gnarly wave

 [ "Swell" ]

1: so well......

  * e.g.,  ... Cole: How are you doing? Maylin: Swell 

 [ "swell" ]

1: big wave, great for surfin'

  * e.g.,  ... there's some nice swells off of bells beach today! 

 [ "Swell" ]

1: To be great, in a good mood. Can also refer to an inatimate object.

  * e.g.,  ... My penis is swell today 

 [ "Swell" ]

1: Slang form the 50's into the early 60's, Meaning Excellent; wonderful or great.

  * e.g.,  ... " I had a swell time."