English, baby!

Rad!

Date: May 10 2007

Topic: Idioms and Slang

Author: max.murphy

Lesson

Rad is an adjective similar to "cool" that's used to describe anything.Use it like this:

"Wow! That was rad!", "The weather today is rad.", "Your new shoes are rad!"

Comments

dulliano

India

thas a rad lesson i hve learn frm ebaby !!

props for ur exciting information.

Zhanna

Russian Federation

i'll try use it today…8-)

~Seniorita~

Russian Federation

i HAVE A QUESTION!=) By whom are mostly used this word?

yessy90

Puerto Rico

that cool! now i know that

Inspiration

Russian Federation

Today is rad day:)

boski

India

pretty rad!

ferrejo

Brazil

rad is cool

Juve Princess

Saudi Arabia

wooow, the new word is rad

LaGaby

Argentina

So!! englishbaby’s a rad site!!
i like know new words…like RAD!..

piacher

Thailand

cool ,I didn't know it before

max's girlfriend

United States

I like the use of "rad" to mean alternative! "Rad" is short for "radical" (in this usage it is an adjective meaning "extreme" or "far-out") which is also a wicked word to use instead of "cool."

black"n"blue

Saudi Arabia

okay i met a rad person today at a chat room …

cool_shivika

India

RAD MEANS COOL OR SOMETHING RELATED TO IT….............I GOT A WICKED NEW WORD

EXAMPLE CAN BE….......I LOOK RAD IN THOSE KISSES IN MA PIC

RIGHT PEOPLE…..........

john

United States

has anyone seen the movie "Rad?" i think the photo for this lesson is the movie poster. it's about bmx bikes, right? riding bmx bikes is rad. i think i can still do a table top…