"smashing" use

Is the word “smashing” commonly used in the UK by a wide range of speakers?

e.g.

smashing (adjective)
(UK ifml.) excellent
“Another smashing performance by Lewis Hamilton. What a great Formula One driver he is!”

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Can someone please tell me why my question about vocabulary has been placed in this folder?

In anticipation of divergence, presumably.

MrP

'S maith sin!
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Divergence from?

QED.

MrP

Declinat ergo est?

We’re in the “me know Latin, isn’t me clever?” phase.

Si vos can non pello pepulli pulsum lemma…

Divergencia est sanus!

:lol:

How well do you know Latin, M?

MrP

Not as well as you’d like us to think you do, MrP.

Would you like to have studied Latin, M?

MrP

N

Naa, I prefer the Polka.