English Explanatory Dictionary

oojah-cum-spiff

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. In good condition, fine, excellent.

Word forms

oojah-cum-spiff

Etymology

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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