hotsy-totsy, a. slang (orig. U.S.).
(ˈhɒtsɪˈtɒtsɪ)
[‘Coined c 1926 by Billie De Beck, Amer. cartoonist’ (Webster).]
Comfortable, satisfactory, just right. Hence ˌhotsy-ˈtotsiness.
| 1926 B. Reynolds Cocktail Continentale ii. 29 And they sure can fix up a rip-snotin', raring, tearing, hotsy-totsy time, honey boy. 1927 Dunning & Abbott Broadway xx. 205 They complimented Steve in the lingo of the night clubs. ‘Everything is hotsy-totsy!’ whooped the loud Ruby. 1927 Wodehouse Small Bachelor vi. 95 It seemed to me that I was absolutely hotsy-totsy. 1935 ― Luck of Bodkins xxii. 282 And a fat chance..there is of any hotsy-totsiness resulting from anything Ambrose can do. 1940 N. Marsh Surfeit of Lampreys (1941) xviii. 281 Daddy's all hotsy-totsy now as regards money. 1944 H. Croome You've gone Astray xxi. 214 Now she thinks another man would be all hotsy totsy. 1952 [see babe 3 b]. 1958 L. A. G. Strong Treason in Egg ix. 165 All is hotsy-totsy. 1964 W. Markfield To Early Grave (1965) iv. 77 He became a big-time hotsy-totsy critic. 1973 J. Mann Only Security xii. 162 What the law allows me, is mine... So that's all hotsy totsy. |