"But good"

Odradek

As in "I knocked him out but good"

It's like people decided this nonsensical bit of phrasing was valid for some reason.

Obā-san

...ive never heard this before?

Princess Alice

I've heard it, but usually only from older people

Imipolex G

even in the cultural wasteland of western Pennsylvania I have not heard this

Odradek

Here it is in a video game

Sredni Vashtar

It makes some sense if you think in terms of archaic grammatical constructions, in the same way that some Pittsburghers using the passival makes sense, but it's a strange construction.

But so is "so very much."

Crystal

Sredni Vashtar said:

But so is "so very much."

Wow rude.

Tachyon

i thought 'so very much' is the same as 'a lot' or 'a great deal' only more emphatic

Sredni Vashtar

It is, but break it down to its basic grammatical components.