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 Definitions for spiffy: WordNet (r) 2.0
: spiffy
adj : marked by smartness in dress and manners; "a dapper young
man"; "a jaunty red hat" [syn: dapper, dashing, jaunty,
natty, raffish, rakish, smart, snappy, spruce]
[also: spiffiest, spiffier]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
: 83 Moby Thesaurus words for "spiffy":
OK, ace-high, bad, bandbox, bang-up, bonzer, boss, braw, bully,
but good, chic, classy, clothes-conscious, cool, corking,
cosmopolitan, crackerjack, dandy, dapper, dashing, delicious,
doggy, dressed to advantage, dressed to kill, ducky, elegant,
exquisite, fab, fine and dandy, gear, genteel, great, groovy,
heavy, hot, hunky-dory, jam-up, jaunty, just dandy, keen, marvy,
mean, natty, neat, nifty, nobby, okay, out of sight, peachy,
peachy-keen, posh, recherche, ripping, ritzy, rum, sassy,
scrumptious, sharp, slap-up, sleek, smart, smashing, smug, snazzy,
soigne, soignee, solid, something else, sophisticated, spiffing,
spruce, stunning, style-conscious, swank, swanky, swell, tough,
tricksy, trig, trim, well-dressed, well-groomed, wizard
Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001)
: spiffy /spi'fee/ adj. 1. Said of programs having a pretty, clever, or
exceptionally well-designed interface. "Have you seen the spiffy X
version of empire yet?" 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. This word was common mainstream slang during the 1940s, in a
sense close to 1.
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)
: spiffy
/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.
[Jargon File]
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