Spiffy

4 definitions found

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  spiffy
       adj : marked by smartness in dress and manners; "a dapper young
             man"; "a jaunty red hat" [syn: {dapper}, {dashing}, {jaunty},
              {natty}, {raffish}, {rakish}, {smart}, {snappy}, {spruce}]
       [also: {spiffiest}, {spiffier}]



From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  83 Moby Thesaurus words for "spiffy":
     OK, ace-high, bad, bandbox, bang-up, bonzer, boss, braw, bully,
     but good, chic, classy, clothes-conscious, cool, corking,
     cosmopolitan, crackerjack, dandy, dapper, dashing, delicious,
     doggy, dressed to advantage, dressed to kill, ducky, elegant,
     exquisite, fab, fine and dandy, gear, genteel, great, groovy,
     heavy, hot, hunky-dory, jam-up, jaunty, just dandy, keen, marvy,
     mean, natty, neat, nifty, nobby, okay, out of sight, peachy,
     peachy-keen, posh, recherche, ripping, ritzy, rum, sassy,
     scrumptious, sharp, slap-up, sleek, smart, smashing, smug, snazzy,
     soigne, soignee, solid, something else, sophisticated, spiffing,
     spruce, stunning, style-conscious, swank, swanky, swell, tough,
     tricksy, trig, trim, well-dressed, well-groomed, wizard
  
  

From Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) [jargon]:

  spiffy /spi'fee/ adj. 1. Said of programs having a pretty, clever, or
     exceptionally well-designed interface. "Have you seen the spiffy {X}
     version of {empire} yet?" 2. Said sarcastically of a program that is
     perceived to have little more than a flashy interface going for it.
     Which meaning should be drawn depends delicately on tone of voice and
     context. This word was common mainstream slang during the 1940s, in a
     sense close to 1.
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  spiffy
       
          /spi'fee/ 1. Said of programs having a pretty, clever, or
          exceptionally well-designed interface. "Have you seen the
          spiffy {X} version of {empire} yet?"  This was common
          mainstream slang during the 1940s.
       
          2. Said sarcastically of a program that is perceived to have
          little more than a flashy interface going for it.  Which
          meaning should be drawn depends delicately on tone of voice
          and context.
       
          [{Jargon File}]