Dec 4, 2006
On the word “Savvy”
Since I first heard it, I’ve always loved the word savvy — although I admit that for quite some time, I had no idea how to use it in a sentence.
I guess this will be the only word I ever partition a whole blog entry for, so I better do it properly. The origin of the word, according to Dictionary.com, is ca. 1775-85 and derives from the spanish word Sabe, 3rd singular of Saber: to know (from Latin sapere, to be wise).
- Savvy can be used as a noun, meaning practical intelligence/knowledge or common sense — or the cognitive condition of understanding. A programmer known for Java savvy.
- As a verb: getting the meaning of something, understanding — savvy?.
- And as a adjective (savvy, savvier, savviest), meaning well informed and perceptive — “savvy blogger”.
To put it all together: Now you are savvier on the uses of the word savvy, and have earned the right to say loudly, and proudly:
Savvy I’m savvy
(understand that I’m well informed)
Just wondering.
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