[Mc-Cawe-some-ness]
Noun
Meaning – It seems appropriate to explain the concept behind this personally-created term. It is fair to say the credit is due, reflective of my own new media excursions. And, after all, it has proven enough to adorn this web portal over the long haul.
The concept reflects the all-round exceptional attributes of the now-retired All Blacks Captain and Legend, Richard (Richie) Hugh McCaw, whose on-the-field play over his glittering 148 Rugby Test career nearly sets him entirely apart from the rest.
He would retire after raising the William Webb Ellis trophy in back-to-back Rugby World Cups in 2011 and 2015, captaining and leading from the front in both. This is an amazing feat on its own terms, but when you consider the national side’s record at this event, post the success of 1987, and especially 2007, when he would learn many painful lessons leading the side, his mammoth effort only grows.
This is an ode to that time and his place. Legendary.
Therefore, this term is anything that arouses, Awesomeness, or expresses that flourishing location, thereof, and especially when anchored through any afflictions of suffering, trial, trepidation, or challenge.
