[nukkad] did you know?

[Anna Morawska <>]

Found it interesting.

Anna.

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savvy   \SAV-ee\   verb
      : understand

Example sentence:
      Although I savvied little Spanish, I could hear the urgency in the 
woman's voice and immediately sought a translator.

Did you know?
      You may be familiar with the noun "savvy," meaning "practical 
know-how" (as in "he has political savvy"), and the adjective use (as in 
"a savvy investor"). And if you've seen the blockbuster movie _Pirates 
of the Caribbean_, you also know that the verb is often used as an 
informal, one-word question meaning "Do you understand?" (as in "I'm 
Captain Jack Sparrow. Savvy?"). But Jack Sparrow (i.e., Johnny Depp) 
didn't invent the term. Both the noun and the verb came into use around 
1785. "Savvy" is based on the Portuguese term "sabe," meaning "he 
knows," which itself is from Latin "sapere," meaning "to be wise." 
Creole speakers interpreted the Portuguese term as "sabi" and began 
using it as one would "know." Eventually, the Creole's "sabi" evolved 
into today's word.

source: http://www.merriam-webster.com

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