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Lovely jubbly. Notice the pronunciation, ‘lovely jubbly’. There is a kind of resonance there, a rhyming resonance, which is part of the attraction of the phrase. It’s a jocular exclamation. It means excellent, brilliant, great. It’s the sort of thing you’d say when you got some good news or had a stroke of luck, ‘ah, lovely jubbly’.
colloquial. Excellent, fantastic. Frequently no more than an allusion to activities or characteristics associated with a particular type of person, esp. a type of Londoner. 1992. To protect the naive, it has been necessary to translate from the original lovely-jubbly North London patois.
There are two meanings listed in OED's entry for the word jubbly. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence. This word is used in Australian English. See meaning & use. How common is the word jubbly? Fewer than 0.01 occurrences per million words in modern written English.
lovely jubbly: lovely (English) Origin & history From an advertising slogan for Jubbly, an orange-flavoured soft drink. Popularised by the BBC television comedy Only Fools and Horses…. : jubblies (English) Noun jubblies Plural of "After all the jiggling jubblies, a gal gamer can’t be blamed for cheering the appearance of some man meat ...
Aug 9, 2023 · Meaning: To steal; or a state of disrepair; or a police station. Origin: Possibly derived from Old English “hnecan” meaning to slay or take someone’s life. Usage: “Someone nicked my bike.” or “My phone’s in the nick.” or “He’s down at the nick.”.
Oct 24, 2013 · Turkish. Oct 24, 2013. #4. When he finish a topic in a subject he use it like "alright (and/or) lovely jowely jubbly " (as I remember ) "Alright/lovely jowely jubbly, let's move to a new topic" or "alright/ lovely jowely jubbly, we have done for today see you next week). He has the speaking way and the voice tone of Saul Goodman from Breaking ...
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Lovely jubbly! Source: Brewer's Dictionary of Modern Phrase & Fable Author(s): John AytoJohn Ayto, Ian CroftonIan Crofton. Good! Excellent! From the 1990s a general term of approval, popularized by the character ‘Del Boy’ in the television sitcom ...
