Comment by ctxc

2 years ago

Too snarky...anyway, "crack" means "exceptional" in some contexts. I've seen footballers using it a lot over the years (Neymar, Messi etc) fwiw.

Just realized - we even say "it's not all its cracked up to be" as a negative statement which would imply "cracked up" is positive.

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pedrosorio  2 years ago

> I've seen footballers using it a lot over the years (Neymar, Messi etc) fwiw.

The word "craque" in Portuguese was borrowed from English with the "exceptional" definition and is commonly used. Given how many Brazilian players there are in the top leagues, I wouldn't be surprised if it was commonly used by football players in general.