spiffy
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i adjective, spiff·i·er, spiff·i·est. Informal.
spruce; smart; fine.
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spiffy (ˈspɪfɪ) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj , -fier, -fiest | |
| slang (US), (Canadian) smart; stylish | |
| [C19: from dialect spiff] | |
| 'spiffily | |
| —adv | |
| 'spiffiness | |
| —n | |
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Spiffy
is always a great word to know.
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| an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance. |
| a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare. |
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Word Origin & History
spiffy
1853, of uncertain origin, probably related to spiff "well-dressed man." Spiffing "excellent" was very popular in 1870s slang. Uncertain relationship to spiff (n.) "percentage allowed by drapers to their young men when they effect sale of old fashioned or undesirable stock" (1859), or to spiflicate "confound,
overcome completely," a cant word from 1749 preserved in Amer.Eng. slang spiflicated "drunk," first recorded 1906 in O.Henry.
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Slang Dictionary
spiffy definition[ˈspɪfi]
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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spiffy definition
/spi'fee/ 1. Said of programs having a pretty, clever, or exceptionally well-designed interface. "Have you seen the spiffy X version of empire yet?" This was common mainstream slang during the 1940s.
2. Said sarcastically of a program that is perceived to have little more than a flashy interface going for it. Which meaning should be drawn depends delicately on tone of voice and context.
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With the best intentions folks venture out to spiffy up the markers.
The restaurant displays a spiffy new hunter green marquee outside and a garden motif within.
There is always something invigorating about a spiffy new performance space.
And this won't be the company's last foray into spiffy data visualization.
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