SUPERLATIVE
ADJECTIVES
► BRAG excellent or superlative; worth bragging about → 1838 Amer. dial.
► BUG excellent, superlative → 2007 US sl. (Bk.)
► CRACKERJACK excellent; first-class, superlative → 1899 sl., orig. US
► DEAD-SET superlative, in both positive and negative uses → 1940s Aust. & US sl.
► EX superlative, first-rate → 20C sl.
► HYPERTHETICAL superlative → 1611 obs.
► OFF THE MEAT RACK superlative, first-rate, astonishing, excellent → 2000s African-American sl.
► UNGODLY extremely good; superlative → 1970s US students’ sl.
► UP IN G ► UP TO G very best, superlative → L19 US sl.
NOUNS
► BABES, THE something excellent or superlative → 2007 Sc. sl. (Bk.)
► BUG, THE something excellent, superlative → 2007 US sl. (Bk.)
► CAT’S MEOW ► CAT’S MIAOU ► CAT’S MIAOW anything exceptional or superlative → 1920s Aust. & US sl.
► CAT’S MITTS anything exceptional or superlative → 1910s US sl.
► CAT’S TONSILLITIS anything exceptional or superlative → 1920s Aust. & US sl.
► DINGER anything of a superlative character; something exceptional or striking; someone or something remarkable or superior; something splendid or stylish → 1809
► DUCK’S GUTS something superlative → 1979 Aust. sl.
► GAMMON RASHER a superlative, first-rate, or excellent thing → 1974 UK rhyming sl. for ‘smasher’
NOUNS – PERSON
► WOPCACKER a superlative or outstanding person → 1947 Aust. sl.
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