peachy keen

English

Adjective

peachy keen (comparative more peachy keen, superlative most peachy keen)

1. (informal) Extremely good, exactly right; all right.

   Everything is just peachy keen, isn't it? The deadline is approaching and I have hardly even started yet.

   • 1959 June 22, “It's National Peachy Jell-O Week! [advert]”, in Life‎^[1], page 82:

     And why resist when this peachy-keen Jell-O is as easy on the cook as it is easy on the eyes?

   • 2006, Scott Hatch, Lisa Zimmer Hatch, “Important Legal Concepts Every Paralegal Should Know”, in Paralegal Career For Dummies, John Wiley & Sons, page 126:

     Just because someone dies with a will doesn't mean everything's peachy keen.

   • 2022 July 31, Bruce Y. Lee, “Biden Covid-19 Positive Again, Is Paxlovid Rebound More Common Than Claimed?”, in Forbes‎^[2]:

     Things seemed all peachy-keen when he subsequently tested negative for three straight days on July 26, 27, 28, and 29 before, whoops, testing positive again today on July 30.

Usage notes

Often used in the negative or with an ironic or sarcastic connotation to mean the opposite.

Derived terms

• peachy keen jelly bean