TERRIFIC
ADJECTIVES
1900 — DING-DONG of top quality, great, terrific, startling, extraordinary; excellent, first-rate (Bk.)
..20C — DEF outstanding; terrific; common in rap music lyrics → teen & high school sl.
..20C — FIERCE terrific → teen & high school sl.
1941 — CURL A MO — CURL THE MO great, terrific, excellent → Aust. sl.
.M20 — BADASS terrific, excellent → sl., orig. & chiefly US
1953 — DING-DONG of top quality, great, terrific → Aust. sl.
1965 — SKOOKUM big; powerful, terrific; smart → Can. sl.
1975 — TITS great; terrific; very enjoyable → US sl. (Bk.)
2004 — FABURRIFIC excellent, terrific → US sl.
INTERJECTIONS
1954 — CURL A MO! — CURL THE MO! terrific! → Aust. sl.
1962 — NIFTY! terrific! splendid! wonderful! → US teen sl.
1972 — NIFTY KEEN! terrific! splendid! wonderful! → US teen sl.
1982 — NIFTY BEANS! terrific! splendid! wonderful! → US teen sl.
Lexicophilia 