GOOD-LOOKING
ADJECTIVES
► BANGING good-looking, attractive → 2006 US sl. (Bk.)
► BERRY good-looking → 1904 Amer. students’ usage (Bk.)
► BLAZING really good; really good-looking; really hot → 2006 US sl. (Bk.)
► BOOMING good-looking → 1991 Antarctica usage
► DAP dapper; well-dressed; stylish; good-looking; attractive → 1970 Amer. sl.
► DROP-DEAD GORGEOUS very good-looking → 2006 US sl. (Bk.)
► EASY ON THE EYE good-looking, pleasing to look at; especially said of women → 1936 UK sl.
► FAIRLY LOOKING good-looking → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► FARRANDLY of persons: comely, handsome, good-looking; decent, respectable; neat, tidy → 1790 Eng. dial.
► FARRANTLY of a person: comely, handsome, good-looking → 1674 N. Eng. dial.
► FARRINKLY comely, good-looking; decent, clean, orderly → 1860 Eng. dial.
► FASHIONABLE of a good appearance; good-looking, stylish → 1630 obs.
► FEAT-LOOKING good-looking, pretty → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► FLY attractive, good-looking; hence, excellent, fabulous → 1980 sl.
► FUNKY handsome; good-looking → 1970 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
► GAINLY proper, becoming, suitable; comely, good-looking → a1300 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
► GAINLY-LOOKING comely, good-looking; neatly dressed; said chiefly of females → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► GALLANT of women: fine-looking, handsome → 1552 obs.
► GOODLIKE good-looking, handsome → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► GRADELY handsome, comely, good-looking; fine, splendid; healthy → 1860 Eng. dial.
► MACKLY seemly, comely, good-looking → 1721 Eng. dial.
► OUT OF SIGHT good-looking, exceptional → 1966 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
► PERSONABLE having a well-formed body; well-made, handsome; good-looking, comely, presentable → 1430 chiefly literary usage
► PROPER good-looking or handsome → colloq.
► SCANSING of a young woman: good-looking, striking-looking, well-favoured → 1825 Sc.
► SNOUT-FAIR having a fair countenance; fair-faced, comely, pretty, handsome, good-looking; in frequent use in the 16th and early 17th century, usually with some disparaging suggestion → 1530 obs.
► TUFF good-looking, energetic, and popular → 1975 US teen & students’ sl. (Bk.)
► UPTOWN good-looking or exceptional in some way → 1966 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
► VIEWLY sightly, good to look at, handsome, comely → 1868 Eng. dial.
► WELL-BESEEN good-looking, well-favoured → c1374 obs.
NOUNS – PERSON
► ALL JELLY a buxom, good-looking girl → 1896 sl. (Bk.)
► ANTARCTIC 10 any moderately good-looking person of the sex that attracts you → 1991 Antarctica usage
► BABALONIAN ► BABE-A-LONIAN a good-looking woman → 1990s US students’ sl.
► BALDWIN a good-looking male → 2006 US sl. (Bk.)
► BARNEY a good-looking guy → 2006 US sl. (Bk.)
► BEAUHUNK a good-looking male; a sexy-looking boy → 1989 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► BETTY a good-looking girl or woman → 2006 US sl. (Bk.)
► BOB the best-dressed or best-looking lad or lass in a company → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► BROOD a good-looking young woman; a sexually attractive female → 1970 US sl. (Bk.)
► CACK a good-looking woman → 1960s US students’ sl.
► CHEESECAKE a good-looking woman → 2006 US sl. (Bk.)
► CHICKEY-BABE ► CHICKY-BABE a young woman, esp. a good-looking one → 1991 Aust. sl.
► CHICKSTER a cool and good-looking woman → 2006 US sl. (Bk.)
► CHULO a good-looking man; a pimp → 1996 US sl.
► CLYDESDALE a good-looking guy → 20C teen & high school sl.
► DISH a good-looking woman → 2006 US sl. (Bk.)
► EYE-POPPER a very good-looking woman or girl → 2006 US sl. (Bk.)
► FACE MAN a good-looking man with an exceptionally handsome face, but no personality → 1958 Amer. sl.
► FINE PIECE a handsome fellow; a good-looking male → 1966 US high school sl. (Bk.)
► FREAK MOMMY a good-looking female → 2006 US sl. (Bk.)
► GRAVY a good-looking man → 20C Aust. sl., obs.
► HEAD-TURNER a strikingly attractive or good-looking person → 1935 colloq., orig. US
► HUNK a good-looking, muscular boy or man → 1945 US sl.
► JELLY a buxom, good-looking girl → 1889 sl.
► NICE CAR a good-looking man or woman → 1984 US students’ sl.
► PARTRIDGE a good-looking girl or woman → 1947 US sl.
► POT O’ BLISS a fine tall woman; a handsome good-looking woman → 1909 sl. obs. (Bk.)
► QUEANIE a very good-looking man or boy → E20 army sl.
► RUM BLOWEN a good-looking, handsome woman → 18C sl.
► SIGHT DELIGHT a good-looking man→ 1980s US campus sl.
► SNORT a good-looking fellow → 1966 US high school sl. (Bk.)
► SPUNK a sexy, good-looking person → 1978 Aust. sl.
► STUNNER a good-looking or attractive woman → 1847
► TABLE PUSSY a woman with good looks and manners → 1970 US sl.
► THRODDY MAY a plump, good-looking girl → 1939 Amer. dial.
► WUKKA a very good-looking man or woman → 1980s US students’ sl.
► YOUNG SPUNK a sexy, good-looking person → 1978 Aust. sl.
PHRASES
► ALL SHOW AND NO GO equipped with good looks, but lacking action or energy → 2006 US sl. (Bk.)
VERBS
► HAVE A LEG of a man: to be good-looking or physically attractive → 1879 obs.