1376 I'm good

Nathan Bierma in the Tribune writes about the expression, "I'm good."

"If you want to download Google Earth, a computer program that uses satellite images to give driving directions, Google warns that not all computers can run the application. To get past the list of the kinds of computers that won't work, you have to click on a button that says, "I'm good."

Google isn't asking visitors to flatter themselves. ("I sure am a good person!") Google is just picking up on one of the latest meanings of a very versatile adjective, "good." This sense of "I'm good" means "I'm all set," or "I'm adequately equipped to proceed." "