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oojah-cum-spiff

oojah-cum-spiff adjective: in good condition, fine, excellent.

Adjective

oojah-cum-spiff (not comparable)

  1. (uncommon) In good condition, fine, excellent.
    • “[…]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.”1923, P.G. Wodehouse, Leave it to Psmith, page 95
    • “All you have to do,” I said, “is to carry on here for a few weeks more, and everything will be oojah-cum-spiff.”1926, P.G. Wodehouse, “Jeeves and the impending doom”, in The Strand, volume 72, page 605

Origin of oojah-cum-spiff

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”).

Questions about oojah-cum-spiff

What does oojah-cum-spiff mean?
Oojah-cum-spiff means in good condition, fine, excellent.
What part of speech is oojah-cum-spiff?
Oojah-cum-spiff is an adjective.

Words near oojah-cum-spiff in the dictionary

  1. Oois
  2. ooja
  3. oojah
  4. oojah capivvy
  5. oojah-cum-pivvy
  6. oojah-cum-spiff
  7. oojahs
  8. oojamaflip
  9. oojamaflips
  10. oojar
  11. oojiboo

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