peachy keen

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Adjective

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peachy keen (comparative more peachy keen, superlative most peachy keen)

  1. (informal) Extremely good, exactly right; all right.
    Everything is just peachy keen, isn't it? The deadline is approaching and I have hardly even started yet.
    • 1959 June 22, “It's National Peachy Jell-O Week! [advert]”, in Life[1], page 82:
      And why resist when this peachy-keen Jell-O is as easy on the cook as it is easy on the eyes?
    • 2006, Scott Hatch, Lisa Zimmer Hatch, “Important Legal Concepts Every Paralegal Should Know”, in Paralegal Career For Dummies, John Wiley & Sons, page 126:
      Just because someone dies with a will doesn't mean everything's peachy keen.
    • 2022 July 31, Bruce Y. Lee, “Biden Covid-19 Positive Again, Is Paxlovid Rebound More Common Than Claimed?”, in Forbes[2]:
      Things seemed all peachy-keen when he subsequently tested negative for three straight days on July 26, 27, 28, and 29 before, whoops, testing positive again today on July 30.

Usage notes

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Often used in the negative or with an ironic or sarcastic connotation to mean the opposite.

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