hotsy-totsy

Perfectly fine, old-timer

Hotsy-totsy is dated American slang meaning just fine, satisfactory, or pleasing: Everything's hotsy-totsy between us now.

The term emerged in the 1920s with a playful, jazzy quality and now sounds deliberately old-fashioned or ironic when used.

slang

swell

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  • dandyFashion-obsessed gentleman
  • peachySlang for excellent
  • keenSharp or enthusiastic

copacetic · spiffy · nifty · snazzy · ritzy · swanky · classy · groovy · cool · hep

satisfactory

perfect

Without any flaw

exemplary · optimal · first-rate · tip-top · A-OK · shipshape · up to snuff · just right · spot-on · satisfactory

roaring20s

flappers

1920s modern young women

bootleggers · Gatsby · jazz · vaudeville · gramophone · moonshine · bobbed hair · raccoon coats · bathtub gin · shimmy

Opposites
satisfactoriness/condition

hotsy-totsytroubled

Experiencing distress or anxiety

wrong · lousy · rotten · terrible · awful

style/pretension

hotsy-totsyplain

Basic and unremarkable

humble · unpretentious · modest · dowdy · frumpy

quality/excellence

hotsy-totsylousy

Of very poor quality

crummy · rotten · terrible · awful · dreadful

Family

hot, hots, hotly, hotness, hotter, hottest

Familiarity
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Abstract · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G