For All You Word Lovers: You Gotta Adore This One: Copacetic

[chimp3]

OP: I haven't heard that word used since the 1970's.

Copacetic in the 70's was often used by stoners! Why would I know that?

[brewer]

OP: I haven't heard that word used since the 1970's.

Copacetic in the 70's was often used by stoners! Why would I know that?

I seem to remember it more in blacksploitation movies. I could be wrong.

[chimp3]

Copacetic in the 70's was often used by stoners! Why would I know that?

I seem to remember it more in blacksploitation movies. I could be wrong.

I remember it more as:

"Looks a little short!"

"Nah, get your scale. It's just fresh!"

"Ha, so it is! We're copasetic man!"

[KevinM1]

Whenever I hear that word, I think of this song:

[Rev. Rye]

Brand of mouthwash popular in the 1960s, right ?

That would be Cepacol.

And it still exists to this day. Then again, there’s also Chloraseptic, which I tend to use more often when I have a sore throat.


Also, for some reason, I find myself associating the word with the 1960s, mostly by people who thought themselves too sophisticated for the word “groovy”.

Also, here’s an article from David Mamet about the word explaining a theory of its origin.
https://www.believermag.com/issues/20051..._anomalies

[Seraphina]

co·pa·cet·ic
ˌkōpəˈsedik/
adjectiveNorth Americaninformal
adjective: copacetic; adjective: copasetic

   in excellent order.

Origin
early 20th century: of unknown origin.

I haven't heard that word in awhile; it's good one. I'm going to try to sneak it into a report at work to see if anyone is paying attention.

-Teresa

[Gawdzilla Sama]

Common use in the US military from WW2 on, maybe earlier.

Also:

FUBAR
SNAFU
etc.

Acronyms have common use in all branches of U.S. government service, not just the military.

I have always found it entertaining how easily well thought out acronyms are so easily butchered. It's uncanny.

AFCS (Air Force Communications Service) butchered to: Alcohol First, Communications Second.

FMS (Formal Military Training) butchered to: Fucking with My Time.

ETOPS (Extended Twin Operations Performance Standards) (An FAA acronym related to how far aircraft with two engines may operate from an airfield) butchered to: Engines Turn Or Passengers Swim.

This is just the tip of the tip of the tip of the iceberg. There are thousands of acronyms in U.S. government and nearly everyone of them has a creative butchery.

I relied on the NavDicAb.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

I give you Hobbes' pet human:

scape·grace
ˈskāpɡrās/
noun
archaic

1. a mischievous or wayward person, especially a young person or child; a rascal.