gelivable
Appearance
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Mandarin 給力/给力 (gěilì, “to give power; to be powerful, awesome”) + -able. Perhaps a back-formation from ungelivable (“uninteresting, unexciting”), which was modelled on unbelievable.
Adjective
[edit]gelivable (comparative more gelivable, superlative most gelivable)
- (chiefly China, Internet slang) Awesome, incredible, amazing, extraordinary.
- 2019, Changming Yuan, “Trade Deficit: Chinese Exported into English”, in T. R. Mwanaka, editor, Nationalism: (mis)understanding Donald Trump's Capitalism, Racism, Global Politics, International Trade and Media Wars[1], volume 2, →ISBN:
- Jack's bitcoin has risen by more than 1500 % this year. Wow, this digital gold is so gelivable!