# Slang terms for "good" **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 26, 2002, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slang-terms-for-good/105846 "2002-04-26T20:26:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![jacksen9](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ce73a5/32.png) [@jacksen9](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jacksen9)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2002, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slang-terms-for-good/105846/41 "2002-04-28T19:53:32Z")
Throwed - can be very good or very bad / one must consider the context Fresh ---
**Author:** ![Legomancer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/779978/32.png) [@Legomancer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Legomancer)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2002, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slang-terms-for-good/105846/42 "2002-04-28T23:18:51Z")
There’s also “money” from the movie Swingers. Did anyone actually say that, or did it originate there? And if it originated there, did it catch on? ---
**Author:** ![HerMajestyLorna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/7cd45c/32.png) [@HerMajestyLorna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HerMajestyLorna)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2002, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slang-terms-for-good/105846/43 "2002-04-28T23:45:57Z")
Dudical. Bomb. Radical. Tight. I say “hot” sometimes. ---
**Author:** ![sidle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee59a6/32.png) [@sidle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sidle)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2002, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slang-terms-for-good/105846/44 "2002-04-28T23:55:32Z")
Neato. Peachy. Keen. ---
**Author:** ![ninevah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/46a35a/32.png) [@ninevah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ninevah)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2002, 9:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slang-terms-for-good/105846/45 "2002-04-29T09:42:43Z")
Here’s some other Aussie words: Bonza Good as gold Ridgy-didge True blue ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2002, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slang-terms-for-good/105846/46 "2002-04-29T12:27:27Z")
How about “Spiffy” and its superlative form “spifferific”… or am I the only one who uses those?? ---
**Author:** ![istara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e79b87/32.png) [@istara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/istara)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2002, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slang-terms-for-good/105846/47 "2002-04-29T12:54:44Z")
Fab, excellent, ace. I thought “pants” meant bad. That’s how I’ve heard people use it. Fuck I hate people who use the word pants (except when they mean underwear). ---
**Author:** ![Xixox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/13edae/32.png) [@Xixox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xixox)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2002, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slang-terms-for-good/105846/48 "2002-04-30T00:22:23Z")
The bee’s knees? Try using “the mutt’s nutts” as a substitute… tends to throw people into gigglefits. ---
**Author:** ![dweezil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3ec8ea/32.png) [@dweezil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dweezil)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2002, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slang-terms-for-good/105846/49 "2002-04-30T01:54:32Z")
Main. As in “That hot-rod chevette is MAIN” (and that’s a good thing) ---
**Author:** ![ninevah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/46a35a/32.png) [@ninevah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ninevah)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2002, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slang-terms-for-good/105846/50 "2002-05-02T12:41:55Z")
Along the lines of _the bee’s knees_, how about _ **the cat’s pyjamas** _. Anyone else know any 1920s slang for ‘good’?! ---
**Author:** ![grettle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/aeb1de/32.png) [@grettle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grettle)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2002, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slang-terms-for-good/105846/51 "2002-05-02T13:30:25Z")
> [@](#): > > There’s also “money” from the movie Swingers. Did anyone actually say that, or did it originate there? And if it originated there, did it catch on? yup, I know people who use it regularly. Someone already contributed the adjective “mad” that simply intensifies the meaning of the word it precedes. “Mmmm, this caramel is mad good!” Use it often 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Barrett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/54ee81/32.png) [@Barrett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barrett)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2002, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slang-terms-for-good/105846/52 "2002-05-08T00:28:49Z")
‘Spiffing,’‘grand;’ ‘right rotten,’ and, of course, ‘it’s absolutely tits, man.’ ---
**Author:** ![Kyomara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8edcca/32.png) [@Kyomara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyomara)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2002, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slang-terms-for-good/105846/53 "2002-05-08T04:58:01Z")
I always liked “def.” But for grammatic enigma you can’t beat “duuuuuuude!” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slang-terms-for-good/105846.md?page=2)