Baby Boomers · 1946–1964 · Question can you dig it?
Can you dig it?
A way to ask whether someone understands or agrees with what was said.
IN PLAIN ENGLISH“Do you understand?”
ALSO SEARCHED AScan ya dig it
THE VIBERelaxed, countercultural and emphatic
USE IT IN1960s–70s conversation and counterculture
USE IT LIKE THIS
“We meet at sunrise—can you dig it?”
WORD ORIGIN
Associated with 1960s–70s youth culture, music, surf culture and countercultural movements.