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Coined by Steve Martin: all right, cool, safe. As in, "Is everything copacetic?"
Wonderful, fine, all right.
Copacetic is American and Canadian slang for very good; excellent; completely satisfactory.
Currently used as an affirmative response - i.e. a complete interjective sentence ("Five by Five!") or as an adjective ("I'm five by five with that"). Meaning: everything's okay, under control, copacetic, hunky-dory, etc. Was in use in the movie Aliens (1986) nd was a hallmark of the character "Faith" from Buffy: the Vampire Slayer, which marks its passage into general understanding. However it was in use far earlier that either of those with a specific purpose and rationale for its existence. The phrase dates back to World War II, originating from radio voice communications. When operators used to talk to each other they first used the phrase “loud and clear†to describe their reception among each other. With a desire to be more precise, they adopted a numerical scale from one to five. Shortly thereafter, these radio operators incorporated the phrase 'five by five' ('five out of five for volume and clarity' i.e. 'loud and clear.'). So '5 by 5 means 'I hear you loud and clear.' Certainly was in common use in exactly this way in the US Army during the Vietnam war. Certainly was in common use in exactly this way in the US Army during the Vietnam war. (ed: we are interested in knowing if the phrase is any older than 1986?) We ask and we receive - seems Stephen heard it in use in (of all places) the 'Thunderbirds' puppet show in the 1960's.
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