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- adjective Alternative spelling of
copacetic .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective completely satisfactory
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Examples
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Thu 10 Feb 05 20: 43 has anyone traced the word copasetic to a definite source before Mr. Bojangles?
The WELL: West L.A. Fadeaway Robert Hunter 2006
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And that led me to learn that some people credited him with popularizing "copasetic" and that led me to a wikipedia entry that says copasetic was first used in 1919.
Archive 2008-01-01 Mary L. Dudziak 2008
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"copasetic" [used so nicely in "West L.A. Fadeaway"] -- and such stunts as dancing down Broadway in 1939 from Columbus Circle to 44th Street in celebration of his sixty-first birthday.
The Annotated "Alabama Getaway" Robert Hunter 1979
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Thoughtful answers are copasetic, though ribald, eccentric, absurd responses earn magical brownie points.
Least fave interview question marshallpayne1 2009
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But, Madsen added, "There are no philosophers" in Onkalo, where all seems copasetic, thanks to the visual grace that informs the photography of humans at work; you feel Madsen's recognition of an inherent dignity, and the occasional ghosting effect serves the film's letter-to-a-future-generation motif well.
Michael Vazquez: Weekend Film: On Into Eternity Michael Vazquez 2011
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But, Madsen added, "There are no philosophers" in Onkalo, where all seems copasetic, thanks to the visual grace that informs the photography of humans at work; you feel Madsen's recognition of an inherent dignity, and the occasional ghosting effect serves the film's letter-to-a-future-generation motif well.
Michael Vazquez: Weekend Film: On Into Eternity Michael Vazquez 2011
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Of course, why wouldn't they take advantage of this system, if all of the countries involved agree that it is copasetic?
Nicole Tichon: In The Public Interest : Why Do We Let Companies Abandon Ship on Taxes? 2010
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So imagine my shock when THE DAY BEFORE, like THE LAST NIGHT I was copasetic to smoke, my friggen 'girlfriend up and dumped me!
Dear Mr. Cigarette 2010
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As long as he's going after McSame and Hillary isn't attacking him, everything's copasetic.
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If you're taking money you have to act in a manner that's copasetic with the Constitution.
OpEdNews - Diary: Performers' First Amendment rights of expression 2009
trivet commented on the word copasetic
This is perhaps my father's favorite word...
September 12, 2007
reesetee commented on the word copasetic
And one of my least favorite words--no offense to Papa Trivet, of course.
September 12, 2007
oroboros commented on the word copasetic
A variant of copacetic.
September 13, 2007
trivet commented on the word copasetic
I never said I liked it - no matter how it is spelled.
September 13, 2007
seanahan commented on the word copasetic
The two different spellings each have around 200,000 hits, with this one in a slight lead.
September 13, 2007
uselessness commented on the word copasetic
Fight!
September 13, 2007
reesetee commented on the word copasetic
Oh wait--I'll go tell the world I don't like it on the alternative spelling page....
September 13, 2007