tickety-boo

[tik-i-tee-boo]

adjective

Chiefly British Informal: Older Use.

1. all right; fine; OK.

tickety-boo

/ ˌtɪkɪtɪˈbuː /

adjective

1. old-fashioned,  as it should be; correct; satisfactory

Word History and Origins

Origin of tickety-boo¹

First recorded in 1935–40; perhaps expressive alteration of the phrase that's the ticket, using ticket in the informal sense “the proper thing, advisable thing,” or perhaps from Hindi ṭhīk hai “It’s all right,” or ṭhīk hai, bābū, “It’s all right, Sir”

Word History and Origins

Origin of tickety-boo¹

C20: of obscure origin