swingorilliant

English

Etymology

From swinging and brilliant; associated with Smash Hits magazine, where it probably originated.

Adjective

swingorilliant (comparative more swingorilliant, superlative most swingorilliant)

1. (slang, UK, humorous) fine; excellent; swinging
   • 1990 July, “Game Thrills”, in Crash, number 78:

     There's never been a more happening time to have a Speccy or SAM - it's completely swingorilliant!

   • 1997, Kyzer, “Old CD`s!!”, in uk.people.teens (Usenet):

     I have Now 1 - Now Smash Hits 30 swingorilliant hits of the '80s

   • 2009, Keeley Bolger, How To Win The X Factor:

     The perennially perky Sarah of the swingorilliant Same Difference from series four said at the time that her bullying was prompted by her strong desire to sing and perform.

   • 2016, Sylvia Patterson, I'm Not with the Band: A Writer's Life Lost in Music:

     Smash Hits. Swingorilliant pop mag invented in the hoary old Seventies, v. good in the Eighties […]