gloriosky

English

Etymology

Catchphrase of the protagonist of the comic strip Little Annie Rooney (launched in 1927), presumably from glorious.

Interjection

gloriosky

1. (slang) wonderful; great; hurrah!
   • 1963, Joseph Anthony Breig, The Mysteries of Marriage, page 20:

     We are told that it is corny to be sentimental, to feel like shouting “gloriosky” with that little girl of the comic strips, Little Annie Rooney. But it is not corny at all; it is deep wisdom.

   • 1980, Robert Anton Wilson, The Illuminati Papers:

     The individual or group at the top feed entirely on flattering and deceptive garbage (the Howard Hughes syndrome). Gloriosky, the tales I could tell about corporations where I've worked... such things are only possible on the Planet of the Apes.

   • 1986, Fanfare, volume 9, numbers 3-4, page 197:

     My heart dropped with a sick thud when I read small type on the label; rather than a German set from EMI Electrola, this originated in the U.K. But it played, gloriosky, without a single tick or click.

   • 2003, C. John McCoglin, Surviving Youth Sports, page 232:

     STEPHANIE: Gloriosky, Mom! Fiber and long-chain carbs and pure, natural fruit sugar—all without saturated fat! It doesn't get any better than this!