Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗adj
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryDaring, intense, going all-out.
Etymology tree English send Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English sendy From send + -y. Popularized by a YouTube video posted by NELK on March 7, 2023 (see quotation below) and reached virality on TikTok in July 2025.
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