SUPERB, SUPERBLY
ADJECTIVES
► BACK-TO-BACK of a person: outstanding, superb → 1980 African-American sl.
► DOPE great, superb; a common rap term → 20C teen & high school sl.
► FRESH excellent; fine; very good; great, superb → 1984 sl., orig. US rap musician’s usage
► SOOPER-DOOPER ► SUPER-DUPER excellent, wonderful, splendid, superb → 1940 US sl.
► TOP-NOTCH excellent; first-rate; superb; surpassing all others → 1900 sl.
► TOPS best, excellent, superb → 1935 colloq.
► VICIOUS excellent; superb → 1970 teen sl.
► WIZARD superb, marvellous → 1984 Aust. colloq. (Bk.)
ADVERBS
► SPLASHING wonderfully, excellently, superbly → L19 sl.
Lexicophilia 