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Thread #57436 Message #903120
Posted By: Mooh
04-Mar-03 - 09:52 AM
Thread Name: Folklore: US terms
Subject: RE: Folklore: US terms
From Partidge's Concise Dictionary of Slang:
copasetic. All safe, wholly safe; all clear; excellent, most attractive: Can. adaptation, ca. 1925, of US copesettic...Ex Chinook jargon developed as trading pidgin by the water borne tribes of western Washington State and British Columbia. The original is copasenee, meaning "everything is satisfactory"...