for not being savvy

[robin lee]

"That is the problem for not being too savvy."

When someone says the above sentence, is she saying he/she is not very good in making decisions.

 

[Raymott]

Re: for not being savy

"Savvy" means bright, smart, knowledgeable.
https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/savvy

"That is the problem of/with not being too savvy."

 

[jutfrank]

Re: for not being savy

As post #2 points out, the preposition for doesn't sound right. Could you give us some context and tell us where you heard/saw this sentence?

 

[Tdol]

Re: for not being savy

"Savvy" means bright, smart, knowledgeable.

Do you use savvy in Australian English?

 

[Raymott]

Re: for not being savy

Not a lot. It's generally known though.

 

[Raymott]

Re: for not being savy

PS: I always thought of being "savvy" as meaning having savoir faire, but apparently it's from the Italian sapere, or Spanish saber, since the Spanish b/v is often pronounced the same. So, 'sabe?' becomes 'savvy?'.
Also, "Savvy?" is used for "Do you dig/understand? Capisce?"
But there are two verbs for "to know": Capire, Sapere (It) and Conocer, Saber(Sp). The first often means to know something (cognitively), and the second often means to know how to do something.

 

[robin lee]

Re: for not being savy

I overheard a conversation between two of my colleagues A and B. A had sent a video clip to B and B then told A she could not open the video clip. A then said to B: "that is the problem of not being too savvy."

 

[Rover_KE]

Re: for not being savy

In future, please give the context in post #1 rather than #7.

 

[jutfrank]

Re: for not being savy

A then said to B: "that is the problem of not being too savvy."

So why did you quote for in the original post?!

Anyway, with is a bit better here in my opinion.

 

[Tdol]

Re: for not being savy

PS: I always thought of being "savvy" as meaning having savoir faire, but apparently it's from the Italian sapere, or Spanish saber, since the Spanish b/v is often pronounced the same. So, 'sabe?' becomes 'savvy?'.

I always understood it came from savoir until you sent me off to search it.

 

[GoesStation]

Re: for not being savy

At least in American English, savvy is said to derive from the Spanish. American pioneers encountered many Hispanophones as they migrated to what became the American Southwest.