See also: gucci and gùcci

English

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Etymology 1

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Likely from an expansion of the Italian luxury fashion brand Gucci, which shares a similar sound with "good"; developed in the 2000s.[1][2]

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Pronunciation

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Adjective

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Gucci (not comparable)

  1. (hip-hop slang) Good; copacetic
    • 2016, Gustav Åhr, Jazz Butler, Braden Morgan, Benjamin Gibbard, Jimmy Tamborello (lyrics and music), “White Tee” (track 10), in Crybaby, performed by Lil Peep and Lil Tracy:
      I'll make it look easy, believe me, we gucci
    • 2016, Jerry E. Strahan, Lucky Dogs: From Bourbon Street to Beijing and Beyond, University Press of Mississippi, →ISBN, page 233:
      When he hung up, he said, "It's all Gucci." / "It's what?" / "It's Gucci. Everything's all right." / "Make sure it stays Gucci."
    • 2018, Nate Good (lyrics and music), “Come Down” (track 1), in Come Down, performed by Nate Good:
      Yeah, it's all gucci it's all gucci / It's all grand

Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Italian Gucci.

Proper noun

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Gucci (countable and uncountable, plural Guccis)

  1. A surname from Italian.
  2. Gucci, the Italian fashion house

Noun

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Gucci (plural Guccis)

  1. An item sold by the House of Gucci

References

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  1. ^ Suzanne Kemmer (2013 November 25) “Gucci”, in The Rice University Neologisms Database[1], Rice University, archived from the original on 2 July 2020
  2. ^ Eve Peyser (2016 March 30) “A Guide to Cool Teen Slang”, in The Cut[2], retrieved July 2, 2020

Italian

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Etymology

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A variant of the Old Italian name Uguccione, a diminutive meliorative form of Ugo through the suffix -uccio, found primarily in Tuscany.

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Proper noun

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Gucci m or f by sense

  1. a surname
    Guccio Gucci, Italian designer

Descendants

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  • English: gucci, Gucci

Swedish

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Alternative forms

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Adjective

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Gucci (not comparable)

  1. (slang) Gucci

Usage notes

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Uninflected.

Proper noun

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Gucci n (genitive Guccis)

  1. a surname from Italian.
  2. Gucci, the Italian fashion house

Noun

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Gucci c

  1. an item sold by the House of Gucci

Declension

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Declension of Gucci 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative Gucci Guccin Guccis Guccisarna
Genitive Guccis Guccins Guccis Guccisarnas