Word of the Day for Friday, September 23, 2011
copacetic \koh-puh-SET-ik\, adjective:
Very satisfactory; fine.
So last night the B.O. was at his temporary home on Pennsylvania Avenue, having a big Cuban cigar, sipping on some Russian Vodka, and watching his G.E. television made in China broadcasting the Republican debate showing the Presidential hopefuls bash each other, and thinking everything is certainly copacetic in his world!
--Spy Maker, JSA's Blog
Although all will seem copacetic on the CBS broadcast from Madison Square Garden in New York, there will be a big black cloud hanging over the glitzy proceedings.-- Patrick MacDonald, "Major labels struggling with huge slump out of tune with listeners", Seattle Times, February 20, 2003
Everything seemed copacetic until a favorite store -- the anchor of the street -- closed suddenly.-- Heidi Benson, "Yes, We Want No Banana", San Francisco Chronicle, September 30, 2001
Terry Glenn will return to the Patriots on Monday, but don't think that everything is copacetic as far as the oft-troubled receiver is concerned.-- Michael Felger, "Glenn out to right wrongs; Ready to return to Pats, despite 'bad blood'", Boston Herald, October 3, 2001
The origin of copacetic is unknown.
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