I Dig It Meaning
Used in this sense the verb dig means to admire or appreciate, and though it is now rather dated it was part of the pop music lingua franca of the 1950s and 60s.OED sense 6c has examples from 1935 to 1969 - it is said to be of US origin.6c. (a) To understand, appreciate, like, admire;(b) to look at or listen to; to experience. Sense 1c.1935 Hot News Sept.
20/2 If you listen enough, and dig him enough,you will realise that that.riff is the high-spot of the record.1941 Life 15 Dec. 89 Dig me?1943 M. Shulman Barefoot Boy 90 Awful fine slush pump, I meanawful fine. You ought to dig that.1944 C. Calloway Hepsters Dict. Dig v.—(1) Meet.
(2) Look, see.(3) Comprehend, understand.1944 M. Zolotow Never whistle in Dressing Room iii. 52 When theysee a pretty girl they shout, ‘Dig the chick.’1947 R. De Toledano Frontiers of Jazz p. X, I recognize it when Isee it, the same as I dig good Jazz when I hear it.1949 L. Feather Inside Be-bop iii. 28 Dizzy didn't dig the band'skind of music and the band didn't dig Dizzy.1958 Punch 8 Jan.
Another Wolof word popular in present-day American English is 'dig,' as in 'dig this man.' This word stems from the Wolof word dega, meaning either 'look here' or to 'understand,' often used to mark the beginning of a sentence. In the English spoken by African Americans in the 1960s, 'dig' means ' to understand something.'
92/1 The lines of communication get tangled. Inother words the people don't quite ‘dig’ you.1958 Listener 29 May 912/1 He wants to ‘dig’ the whole of life,and is convinced that experience comes only to the irresponsible.1958 Punch 25 June 853/3 Does the beat generation really dig suchcrazy old-world catch-phrases?1959 C. MacInnes Absolute Beginners 60 If you like the othernumber, I mean like the looks of them, really dig them sexually.1959 C. MacInnes Absolute Beginners 62 Everything you learned, youhadn't learned until you'd really dug it: i.e., made it part of yourown experience.1960 N.
Mitford Don't tell Alfred xviii. 192 Of course he's aman's man, you might not dig him like we do.1969 New Yorker 29 Nov. 48/1, I just don't dig any of these guys.I don't understand their scenes.Note that the OED does refer to sense 1c, suggesting that there may be a connection. It has origins from as early as 17891c. With allusion to the general sense; also spec. To study hardand closely at a subject (U.S.).
Hence, to understand (cf. Sense 6c(slang (orig. U.S.)).1789 Trifler No. 549 Youths who never digged for the rich oreof knowledge thro' the pages of the Rambler.1801 R. Southey Thalaba I. 220 'Tis a spring of living waters,Whose inexhaustible bounties all might drink But few dig deep enough.1827 Harvard Reg. 303 Here the sunken eye and sallowcountenance bespoke the man who dug sixteen hours‘ per diem’.1869 L.
Alcott Little Women II. 177 Laurie ‘dug’ to somepurpose that year.1936 N.Y. World Telegram 6 Oct. 16/1 ‘You dig?’ is a short cut for‘You understand?’1952 B. Jazz in Amer. 344 The man who really‘digs’ can more often than not describe the next development in jazzbefore the musicians have reached it.1957 C. MacInnes City of Spades i.
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89 Twist now—you dig?