spiffy
from
Jargon File (4.4.4, 14 Aug 2003)
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.
from
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)
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.
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from
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
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