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A word that quietly outgrew its barnyard origins to mean both tidy and impressed.
means Orderly and clean, or—informally—admirably cool; also a drink served without ice or mixers.
from From Latin nitidus, shining, via French net; once meant a cow, then bright, then orderly, then awesome.
Drink senseNeat means pure spirit, no ice, no dilution.
Old meaningOnce referred to cattle and oxen.
Slang spreadAmerican teens made it mean cool by 1930s.