Harsh

Created by Unknown User (met6), last modified by Unknown User (jcf10) on Nov 18, 2012

1) adj. Mean; cruel; difficultSource: Dictionary of Geneseo English, Spring 1999 - Kocher- 20062) v. To throw someone off of a good moodAs of 2012, 92.5% of students surveyed know this word. 0% believe it is of local origin.(Flynn, G-M, 2012)Of those surveyed in 2008, 88.6% knew the word, and of those, 0% learned it in Geneseo.Talbot, 2008.

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The meaning of this term does not make it slang as much as its usage does. Its high frequency implies a colloquialism that may not be present in other places.

Posted by jcf10 at Nov 20, 2012 22:48

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