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- From: jthomas@netsys.com (Jim Thomas)
- Newsgroups: bit.listserv.words-l
- Subject: Re: Copacetic
- Message-ID: <1993Jan4.053234.16889@netsys.com>
- Date: 4 Jan 93 05:32:34 GMT
- References: <9301031417.AA08414@bugs.sics.se>
- Organization: Netsys Inc.
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- In article <9301031417.AA08414@bugs.sics.se> torkel@SICS.SE writes:
- >
- > >(Last time we discussed this half the folks said it should be spelt
- > >with an 's'.)
- > >Look in the archives for the derivation. I've forgotten. Black slang
- > >I think.
- >
- > Wentworth & Flexner give the spellings copacetic, copesetic, kopasetic,
- >kopesetic, kopasetee, kopesetee. They also say that it is from the Yiddish.
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- American Heritage Dict. identifies John O'Hara (appt in Samara) as first
- known US usage, and he claimed it was his spelling of an Italian word
- (copacetti?)...
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