decadence

[nibot]

apparently "decadence" means almost the opposite of what I thought it did

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nice and easy

[nanomonkey.livejournal.com]

Strangely enough I once read that to call someone nice used to mean you thought they were "easy". Not sure what time period that was though, I think perhaps Victorian, and perhaps it was just slang. I guess I could see how that stems from the whole ignorant Middle English meaning.

"...such a nice boy," she said coyly.