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...

by Jay Young December 24, 2005

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Correct, okay

That is just tickety-boo.

by Dartistic June 14, 2018

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Everything is okay or everything is fine.

I thought I had lost my keys, but I found them and everything was tickety boo.

by Donald Currie December 31, 2003

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West of Scotland phrase covering a range of situations which are to your entire satisfaction because of someone's intervention. Somewhere between "right on" and "thanks pal."

Here's a tenner. Tickety boo.

by John Fergusson September 16, 2003

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