> I whooshed, or just confused. Tickettyboo seems to be something I've come
> across before, probably in reading English authors. Hard to remember under
> what circumstances I encountered it, maybe Wodehouse, and exactly what its
> meaning and usage was.
**tickety-boo
1. Going smoothly, doing all right. Copacetic.
2. Proceeding quickly.
This expression may have originated in Scotland, where it's the title
of a popular children's song. A song called "Everything Is Tickety-
Boo" was recorded by Danny Kaye as part of the film "Merry Andrew".
This expression is heard more often in Canada nowadays. May have
originated in the British military. Possibly related to the Hindi
expression "tickee babu", meaning "everything's alright, sir". Some
people spell it "diggity boo" or "tiggity boo".**
Everything is tickety-boo, tickety-boo, tickety-boo..."
Charles Bishop - 02 Mar 2008 21:58 GMT
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>> I whooshed, or just confused. Tickettyboo seems to be something I've come
>> across before, probably in reading English authors. Hard to remember under=
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>Everything is tickety-boo, tickety-boo, tickety-boo..."
Thanks. Probably just a word, read in passing, that lodged in me brane.
I wonder what the other pages that came up on Google were for? There seems
to be children's clothing, dressmaking alterations, the children's song,
well, lots of songs.

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Mary Fisher - 03 Mar 2008 09:07 GMT
"Nasti J" <njgillmom@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> This expression may have originated in Scotland, where it's the title
of a popular children's song. A song called "Everything Is Tickety-
Boo" was recorded by Danny Kaye as part of the film "Merry Andrew".
Oh it was in use well before that. I suspect it was widely used in the 1920s
in England at least.