Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Very satisfactory or acceptable; fine: "You had to be a good judge of what a man was like, and the English was copacetic” ( John O'Hara).
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. completely satisfactory.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. completely satisfactory
Etymologies
- Origin unknown. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“Word History: We know very little about the origin of the word copacetic, meaning "excellent, first-rate.”
“If copacetic is Creole French in origin, it would also have a Southern homeland.”
“I don't know if that's the right way to use the word copacetic, but I know what you mean and yes, got it.”
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“One of the few songs (in fact, I can't think of another off hand) bold enough to include "copacetic" and, with a flourish of daredevil panache, to rhyme it as well.”
“The Apple fan-boy above is right in that Apple wants to work with its partners to assure that everything is copacetic.”
“On the outside, things will be less copacetic, as Nancy's plan to reunite her far-flung family won't go smoothly, as not everyone will want to see her.”
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“No consternation that most OGXers have found it more copacetic to turn conservatives (remember a Reagan Youth?); or instead to embrace what Baudrillard (a French Postmodern) would call a "soft ideologies" of ecologism as well as antiracism, instead of, say, amicable justice.”
“No consternation which many OGXers have found it more copacetic to become conservatives (remember a Reagan Youth?); or instead to embrace what Baudrillard (a French Postmodern) would call a "soft ideologies" of ecologism as well as antiracism, instead of, say, social justice.”
“Not only would the Chastity Belt's key holder preferably our politician's wife be able to periodically peep-in to make sure that all things in the "nether regions" were copacetic, but we would have documented proof stored for posterity or future court cases.”
The Huffington Post: Malcolm Harris: Politician "Must Have" Item: Designer Chastity Belt
“That is ... if you can afford to separate, literally afford to keep everybody economically whole, and to not damage children, or careers, and, in fact, to be all pretty copacetic about the whole damn thing, why wouldn't you?”
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Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘copacetic’.
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Muse's tacet ,to learn
Music brings silence's to raging thoughts and temperament , calm, as it is our object of definite purpose.
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Interesting words
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Another 250 Spelling Words
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old timey talk
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Philosophic , etymology
every major discipline has uniquely developed esoteric nomenclature to facilitate interdisciplinary dissemination
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fasten-ating
a reflection on the Indo-European root pag & pak to fasten
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adj. + adv.
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Twitter favorites
The new favourite words of people on Twitter.
A script searches Twitter for "X is my new favorite word" and adds it to this list.
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My list of words.
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Tweets
Looking for tweets for copacetic.
ricanlady Everyone else seemed to be confused, but for me- all was copacetic. Sep 22, 2010
seanahan We have a true mystery on our hands. It certainly seems like some of the expressions are crazier than others. The Native American would be from Washington state, which is way outside the bounds of where it was used. The Yiddish also seems ridiculous. French is somewhat reasonable, especially given the usage in Louisiana by people like Satchmo. Without finding some 19th century writing (very unlikely), we will never know. Dec 20, 2009
bel1ght I have heard the word 'copacetic' was created by Louis Armstrong. Any truth, or any other attributions?
Thanks,
Barbara Lightheart Sep 29, 2009
regster Another person checking in who discovered this word via a James Lee Burke novel. Aug 2, 2009
reesetee But yarb, James Lee Burke novels are coolissimo.
I'm just sayin'. Jul 24, 2008
bilby Sounds like a prescription drug. Jul 19, 2008
seanahan You some kind of freak, Yarbissimo. Jul 19, 2008
shevek I don't even like this word enough to put it on my despise list. Jul 19, 2008
yarb Can't believe I just said "coolissimo". Jul 18, 2008
yarb It may be the kind of people who say it. I'd never encountered it until I read it in a (I think) James Lee Burke novel about five years ago, and I immediately thought it was coolissimo. Jul 18, 2008
dontcry Isn't that funny -- I've always hated this word as well. I wonder why it has earned such disdain? There must be a common thread... Jul 18, 2008
moriza I don't like this word either its like saying copathetic Jul 18, 2008
sionnach I hate this word! Apr 25, 2008
five I've despised this word from the moment I first heard it. I don't really have any particular reason; it's just one of those words that makes me wince every time I hear it. Apr 17, 2008
reesetee I don't like this word. For more fascinating information, see copasetic. Sep 13, 2007
seanahan And you just don't get it
you keep it copacetic
And you learn to accept it
You know it's so pathetic Sep 13, 2007