groovy
Hip, once said
Groovy means fashionable, exciting, or excellent.
The word emerged from jazz slang—a musician in the groove was playing with effortless rhythm.
Groovy became emblematic of 1960s counterculture: groovy music, groovy vibes.
Today it sounds dated or ironic, though some use it earnestly: That's groovy with me means that's fine.
Fashionable or pelvic joint
- fabSlang for excellent
- far-outExtremely unconventional or excellent
- outtasightSlang for excellent
- bossWorkplace superior
rad · neat · swell · nifty · funky · happening · righteous · solid
Numbers sixty through sixty-nine
- seventies1970-1979 period
- hippieSixties counterculture member
- beatnikFifties counterculture member
- countercultureRejection of mainstream values
bell-bottoms · tie-dye · psychedelia · love-in · mod · go-go · vinyl · eight-track
hip
Fashionable or pelvic joint
- fabSlang for excellent
- far-outExtremely unconventional or excellent
- outtasightSlang for excellent
boss · rad · neat · swell · nifty · funky · happening · righteous · solid · bitchin
sixties
Numbers sixty through sixty-nine
counterculture · bell-bottoms · tie-dye · psychedelia · love-in · mod · go-go · vinyl · eight-track · vintage
bell-bottoms
Flared-leg trousers
- platformsElevated flat surfaces
- tie-dyeBound-fabric coloring technique
- paisleyCurved teardrop textile motif
fringe · kaftan · miniskirt · flares · afro · sideburns · headband · suede · turtleneck · dashiki
funk
Depression or groove music
beat · rhythm · bass · syncopation · swing · jam · vibe · riff · bassline · dancefloor
- American slangbamboozle, bogus, bunkum, conniption, discombobulate
- PsychedeliaLSD, acid, psychedelic posters, tie-dye, hallucination
- vintage slangbee's knees, cat's meow, copacetic, hep, hepcat
- catchphrasescatchphrase, why so serious, cowabunga, good grief, yabba dabba doo
- retro slangfar out, the bee's knees, neato, cool cat, hip
- Sixtieshippies, Beatles, Woodstock, Vietnam War, JFK
- in the groovePerforming optimally, rhythmically
- in a groovePerforming at peak rhythm
- the grooveRhythmic sweet spot
- tongue and grooveBoards with mating ridges
- gets one's groove onBegins dancing enthusiastically
- got one's groove onDanced with abandon
groove, grooved, grooves, grooving, groovier, groovers, grooviest, regrooved, groover