Savvy? A Question of a Word

 

Per eteymologyonline.com
savvy (n.)

1785, slang, "practical sense, intelligence, knowledge of the world;" also a verb, "to know, to understand;" a West Indies pidgin borrowing of French savez(-vous)? "do you know?" or Spanish sabe (usted) "you know," the verb in both from Vulgar Latin *sapere, from Latin sapere "be wise, be knowing" (see sapient). The adjective, of persons, is attested by 1905, from the noun. Related: Savvily; savviness.
also from 1785

Long, long before any of us heard of Capt. Jack Sparrow, I remember the word "savvy" being used in common speech.  

Seems like it was often said in a somewhat antagonistic manner, if I remember correctly.

Just a funny thought.  To be savvy. Wise.

Ah, to be wise.  Au courant? Up to the hour on current events? 

Is it possible?  For the most part media is not our friend. At its most benign it is like a yard full of chickens when they see a hawk fly over.  Most times it is trying to direct your mind.  I don't appreciate the interference any more than you do. No sound bite can be counted on to be a true recording.  No image can be believed for sure. We just can't believe that we know what is going on.  We don't.  Not much anyhow.

Sometimes it seems to me that life is a process of losing delusions, which is a very good thing.

Jesus said that wisdom is justified by all her children.  I must say I chewed on that for a while.

I finally thought that he must mean that wisdom is proven to be wise by which fruits come out of it.

I was thinking that one of the good fruits of our modern current wisdom would be that we would not be swayed by propaganda, fooled by slick words, or stampeded by the exigency of media.

The same stuff that has always been true is still true. I will leave off sermonizing here.  We all know what those things are.