copacetic

[snousle]

Apropos of nothing:

Origin: 1915–20, Americanism; of obscure orig; popular attributions of the word to LaF, It, Heb, etc., lack supporting evidence

I used that word recently, and a 60-year old woman told me that this was a word her father used quite often. My first thought was, where did this word come from? It sounds like something someone just made up!

Isn't it interesting how these late-born and recently-deceased words pop into your head? This was probably the hang-five or daddy-o of its day.

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[dhpbear.livejournal.com]

I'd never seen it in print before. I always assumed that its root was 'aesthetic'. I first heard it from a 50's-ish guy I was dating back in the early 80's.