oojah-cum-spiff

形容词 adj.

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. In good condition, fine, excellent. not-comparable,uncommon
    — “[…]the first thing tomorrow, my dear fellow, I must take you round and show you my gardens.” “I shall look forward to it keenly,” said Psmith. “They are, I can readily imagine, distinctly oojah-cum-spiff.”

词源

Coined by British novelist P. G. Wodehouse in 1923; see quotations below. From the noun oojah-cum-pivvy (“an unknown thing; a whatsit”) and adjective spiffy (“dapper, fine”).
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