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lovely jubbly, int. and n. Brit.
Brit. |ˌlʌvlɪ ˈdʒʌblˌi|, |ˌlʌvlɪ ˈdʒʌbli|, U.S. |ˌləvli ˈdʒəb(ə)li|
Forms: 19– laaverly jubberly, 19– lovely jubbly, 19– lubbly jubbly, 19– luverly jubbly, 19– luvly jubbly, 19– luvverly jubbly, 19– luvvly jubbly
[‹ lovely adj. + jubbly, after lubbly Jubbly, a 1950s advertising slogan for Jubbly, an orange-flavoured soft drink; coined by John Sullivan (b. 1946) in his BBC television series Only Fools & Horses (1981–96) as a characteristic expression of Derek ‘Del Boy’ Trotter, a Peckham market trader.
Many of the spellings are intended to evoke a South London accent.]
A. int. colloq. Expressing delight or affirmation, freq. in response to a success or an anticipated success: excellent, jolly good.
The phrase is freq. used (as interjection and adjective) to suggest typically English (esp. London) attitudes and behaviour, or questionable business dealings like those of the South Londoner, Del Boy Trotter (see the etymology).
1989J. Sullivan Only Fools & Horses (2000) II. 6th Ser. Episode 2. 9 Del.: It's money for old rope. (Rubs hands together.) Lovely Jubbly! 1991Today 9 Aug. 26/3 Fans of those perky ‘sarf Londoners’ Squeeze will be delighted to know their two best collections..are now available on a budget-priced cassette... Luverly jubbly. 1996Daily Mirror (Electronic ed.) 18 Nov. Fish and chips, a few beers and a video on the way back from a match—lovely jubbly! 2000Daily Tel. (Electronic ed.) 2 Dec. Hawkers on the beach asked where I was from. ‘London.’ ‘Awright, lubbly jubbly, innit.’ 2006Vanity Fair Nov. 264/1 While you're on your feet, Mrs. R., fetch us another pint, there's my girl! Lubbly jubbly, old girl!
B. n. slang. Money.
No usage evidence has been found of jubbly used by itself to mean ‘money’ (cf. quot. 1990).
1990T. Thorne Bloomsbury Dict. Contemp. Slang 283/1 Jubbly, money, wealth. The word is used in London working class speech, especially in the phrase ‘(lots of) lovely jubbly’. 1993Non-League Football Today Mar. 16/3 The FA might get a bit upset as well without all that lovely jubbly clinking in at the till.
C. adj. colloq. Excellent, fantastic.
Freq. no more than an allusion to activities or characteristics associated with a particular type of person, esp. a type of Londoner.
1992Daily Mail 27 Jan. 20 To protect the naive, it has been necessary to translate from the original lovely-jubbly North London patois. 1996People (Electronic ed.) 28 July It's the Del Boy approach to getting your feet on the first rung of the property ladder and it's luvverly jubbly. 1997Mirror (Electronic ed.) 28 Apr. He plans a lovely jubbly celebration. 1998Independent (Electronic ed.) 11 July There's only one word for that prospect: luvvly-jubbly. 2000Sunday Mirror (Electronic ed.) 10 Dec. The local entrepreneur has been hounded by reporters desperately seeking whelk stalls, oil refineries and lovely-jubbly mussels. |