1.
[syn: dapper, dashing, jaunty, natty, raffish, rakish, spiffy, snappy, spruce]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
spiffy
adj 1: marked by up-to-dateness in dress and manners; "a dapper
young man"; "a jaunty red hat" [syn: dapper, dashing,
jaunty, natty, raffish, rakish, spiffy,
snappy, spruce]
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (19 January 2023):
spiffy
/spi'fee/ 1. Said of programs having a pretty, clever, or
exceptionally well-designed interface. "Have you seen the
spiffy X version of empire yet?" This was common
mainstream slang during the 1940s.
2. Said sarcastically of a program that is perceived to have
little more than a flashy interface going for it. Which
meaning should be drawn depends delicately on tone of voice
and context.
[Jargon File]
The Jargon File (version 4.4.7, 29 Dec 2003):
spiffy
/spi'fee/, adj.
1. Said of programs having a pretty, clever, or exceptionally well-designed
interface. “Have you seen the spiffy X version of empire yet?”
2. Said sarcastically of a program that is perceived to have little more
than a flashy interface going for it. Which meaning should be drawn depends
delicately on tone of voice and context. This word was common mainstream
slang during the 1940s, in a sense close to 1.