Something that’s "copacetic" (koh-puh-SET-ik) is fine, very satisfactory. The origin of the word is unknown.
Example (as used by Heidi Benson in the San Francisco Chronicle): " Everything seemed copacetic until a favorite store – the anchor of the street – closed suddenly."
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