I had a thought today: Isn't it interesting that something horrible is horrific while something terrible is terrific?

Terrific just has such a happy connotation in most contexts despite the negative nature of its etymology, while its counterpart terrible retains its terror-centric inflection.

It's not a phenomenal realization, I admit, but I found myself surprised that I'd never before considered this ambiguity.

Hmm hmm him.