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copacetic

The origin and history of copacetic.

Etymology

Origin disputed — one theory credits novelist Irving Bacheller with coining it in 1919; another links it to African American vernacular of the early 20th century, popularized in part by dancer Bill "Bojangles" Robinson. No single explanation is proven.

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