Baby Boomers · 1946–1964 · Emotion heavy
Heavy
Emotionally deep, profound or serious.
IN PLAIN ENGLISH“Deep or intense”
THE VIBERelaxed, countercultural and emphatic
USE IT IN1960s–70s conversation and counterculture
USE IT LIKE THIS
“That conversation about the war was heavy.”
WORD ORIGIN
Associated with 1960s–70s youth culture, music, surf culture and countercultural movements.