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Copacetic
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Origin. - of copacetic please, sounds like a made up word.
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Not made up according to Chambers: copacetic (or copessetic) is US slang meaning sound, excellent, all clear. Origin not clear - check out World Wide Words, http://www.quinion.com/words/weirdwords/ww-cop1.ht
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l for a website that offers a whole raft of possible origins in addition to Chinook. (I have to tell you that the OED says the origin is unknown, however!)