The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #33324 Message #3455923
Posted By: GUEST,Lighter
22-Dec-12 - 05:05 PM
Thread Name: Origins: Rolling Down to Old Maui
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Rollin' Down to Old Maui
Just how "old" were those sailors?
"Gnarly" in that sense is very much a 20th century term. Even a surfer term.
(It originally meant rough with knots or gnarls, like a tree trunk.)