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Re:Why am I being endorsed for skills and expertise I do not... by loganfrederick on Wednesday August 28, 2013 @05:56PM (#6292965)
Groovy (or, less common, "Groovie" or "Groovey") is a slang colloquialism popular during the 1960s and 1970s. It is roughly synonymous with words such as "cool", "excellent", "fashionable", or "amazing", depending on context.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Groovy

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Re:Why am I being endorsed for skills and expertise I do not... by 6cxs2hd6 on Wednesday August 28, 2013 @06:12PM (#6293042)
That this needs to be explained makes me feel old.
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Re:Why am I being endorsed for skills and expertise I do not... by LukeShu on Wednesday August 28, 2013 @06:23PM (#6293080)
I suspect that it is a geographical-cultural thing, not an age-culture thing.

edit: for clarity

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Re:Why am I being endorsed for skills and expertise I do not... by YokoZar on Wednesday August 28, 2013 @06:47PM (#6293172)
Old people have different cultures.
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Re:Why am I being endorsed for skills and expertise I do not... by saraid216 on Wednesday August 28, 2013 @09:27PM (#6293736)
It's both.
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Re:Why am I being endorsed for skills and expertise I do not... by b0b_d0e on Wednesday August 28, 2013 @11:56PM (#6294158)
Well, in my defense, I know what it means to be groovy and sorry if post made it seem otherwise. What I was misunderstanding was the fact that you can actually endorse personality traits on people since I have made a point of staying as far away from LinkedIn as possible. I thought that you were only able to endorse skills, and so when I saw they were endorsed for a personality trait I was a little confused and wondered if they meant that as a skill trait :)
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Re:Why am I being endorsed for skills and expertise I do not... by nitrogen on Thursday August 29, 2013 @12:06AM (#6294193)
I interpreted the OP as saying that the uncle endorsed "Groovy" as a skill (presumably the programming language), but probably thought it was a personality trait.
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Re:Why am I being endorsed for skills and expertise I do not... by hcarvalhoalves on Wednesday August 28, 2013 @06:34PM (#6293123)
It's as if Dude from "The Big Lebowski" had LinkedIn endorsements:

[ Groovy ][ Chilled ][ Fights "The Man"]

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Re:Why am I being endorsed for skills and expertise I do not... by westicle on Thursday August 29, 2013 @12:08PM (#6296611)
Wikipedia is OK, but I don't think anything can explain Groovy as well as Simon & Garfunkel:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NvlW4bEjB5A

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