oojah-cum-spiffadj.
/ˌuːdʒɑːkʌmˈspɪf/, U.S. /ˌudʒəˌkəmˈspɪf/ colloquial. rare.
Fine, all right.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > quality of being satisfactory > [adjective] > highly satisfactory
OK1839
hunky-dory1866
(all) Sir Garnet1894
kayo1923
hotsy-totsy1924
oojah-cum-spiff1930
patsy1930
not shabby1975
alpha minus1989
1930 P. G. Wodehouse Very Good, Jeeves i. 25 ‘All you have to do,’ I said, ‘is to carry on here for a few weeks more, and everything will be oojah-cum-spiff.’
1984 Times 15 Sept. 8/3 Then everything is tickety-boo, hunky-dory and oojah-cum-spiff.
1993 Observer (Nexis) 21 Nov. (Suppl.) 5 For the first couple of centuries all was oojah-cum-spiff.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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