"Terrific" used to be a stronger version of "terrible", just like "horrific" is for "horrible".
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Is this true?? (English is not my native tongue)
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Yes. That's called *amelioration which is a type of semantic change whereby a word acquires favourable connotations over time. * Amelioration-- From latin meliorare means improve.
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How did it change?
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Social-cultural enviroment.
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Its also a false friend in spanish
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Where did you learn this lmao
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What?
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That doesn’t mean a false friend in Spanish
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IT IS a false friend in Spanish. Because being a positive adjective, it sounds negative to Spanish ears (due to its similarity with 'terrible').
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It sounds as a traslation to "Terrorifico" which means scary
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I am too that’s why I’m confused lmfao
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so that tradition is lost and forgotten .? Be yourself but also understand the rest .
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...and I always thought “horrific” was the offspring of “terrific” and “horrible”. Maybe second cousins twice removed?
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Terrible and Horrific have two children, Terrific and Horrible
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Depends on your tone when you say it.
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why do sometimes i heard people use the words terrific when they are excited?

if this is where the word derived from then they are total weirdos 
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Way to go
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Sounds about right
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