"lovely jubbly" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˌlʌvli ˈdʒʌbli/ [Received-Pronunciation], /-ˌli/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˌlʌvli ˈdʒʌb(ə)li/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-lovely jubbly.wav Forms: more lovely jubbly [comparative], most lovely jubbly [superlative]
Etymology: Based on the 1950s slogan “lubbly Jubbly” advertising Jubbly, an orange-flavoured soft drink. The modified version was coined by the English television scriptwriter John Sullivan (1946–2011) as an expression generally used by the character Derek “Del Boy” Trotter, a market trader from London, in the BBC television comedy Only Fools and Horses (first broadcast 1981–1991, with Christmas specials in 1996 and 2001–2003). Etymology templates: {{glossary|coined}} coined Head templates: {{en-adj}} lovely jubbly (comparative more lovely jubbly, superlative most lovely jubbly)
  1. (British, informal) Lovely; fantastic, great. Tags: British, informal
    Sense id: en-lovely_jubbly-en-adj-RstG-~mt Categories (other): British English Synonyms: awesome, based, beat [slang], bewildering, enchanting, extraordinary, fabulous, fantabulosa [Polari], fantabulous [slang], fascinating, finger-lickin' good [figuratively], frabjous, grandeur, grandiose, grand, great, impressive, inspiring, lovely jubbly [Britain, informal], magnificent, majestic, major, mirandous, mystifying, selly [Multicultural-London-English, Northern-England, Scotland], splendid, stupefying, stupendous, supercalifragilisticexpialidocious, unbelievable, wild [US], luxurious

Interjection [English]

IPA: /ˌlʌvli ˈdʒʌbli/ [Received-Pronunciation], /-ˌli/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˌlʌvli ˈdʒʌb(ə)li/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-lovely jubbly.wav
Etymology: Based on the 1950s slogan “lubbly Jubbly” advertising Jubbly, an orange-flavoured soft drink. The modified version was coined by the English television scriptwriter John Sullivan (1946–2011) as an expression generally used by the character Derek “Del Boy” Trotter, a market trader from London, in the BBC television comedy Only Fools and Horses (first broadcast 1981–1991, with Christmas specials in 1996 and 2001–2003). Etymology templates: {{glossary|coined}} coined Head templates: {{en-interj}} lovely jubbly
  1. (British, informal) Often used as a response to some (anticipated) success: lovely; fantastic, great. Tags: British, informal
    Sense id: en-lovely_jubbly-en-intj-Yy5WJJNI Categories (other): British English

Noun [English]

IPA: /ˌlʌvli ˈdʒʌbli/ [Received-Pronunciation], /-ˌli/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˌlʌvli ˈdʒʌb(ə)li/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-lovely jubbly.wav
Etymology: Based on the 1950s slogan “lubbly Jubbly” advertising Jubbly, an orange-flavoured soft drink. The modified version was coined by the English television scriptwriter John Sullivan (1946–2011) as an expression generally used by the character Derek “Del Boy” Trotter, a market trader from London, in the BBC television comedy Only Fools and Horses (first broadcast 1981–1991, with Christmas specials in 1996 and 2001–2003). Etymology templates: {{glossary|coined}} coined Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} lovely jubbly (uncountable)
  1. (British, slang) Money. Tags: British, slang, uncountable
    Sense id: en-lovely_jubbly-en-noun-J8QT-YIn Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header, English reduplications, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 36 6 58 Disambiguation of English reduplications: 34 10 56 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 40 3 57 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 37 2 60 Synonyms: ackers [Britain, slang], bees and honey [Cockney, slang], blunt [UK, archaic], brass [slang], bread [US, slang], bread and honey [UK, slang], cake [slang], cheddar [US, slang], cheese [slang], ching [slang], clams [obsolete], coin [slang], cream, currency, dinero [slang], dosh [slang], dough [slang], feds [slang], fedi [US, archaic], finances, flizz [slang], flow [slang], funding, funds, gravy, gwop [slang], gwolla [slang], jack [Australia, US, slang], legal tender [US, slang], lolly [Britain, slang], lovely jubbly [Britain, slang], mazuma [US, slang], means, money, moola [slang], mozzarella [US, slang], muck [obsolete], oof [Britain, dated, slang], ooftish [Britain, archaic, slang], paper [slang], rhino [archaic, slang], scratch [US, slang], scrilla [US, slang], shrapnel [slang], simoleons [slang], smackers [slang], smackeroos [slang], smackeroonies [slang], spend [slang], spondulicks [Britain, slang], swag [slang], wampum [US, slang], wonga [Britain, New-Zealand, slang], yenom [Britain]
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        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:money",
          "tags": [
            "Britain"
          ],
          "word": "yenom"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "British",
        "slang",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌlʌvli ˈdʒʌbli/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/-ˌli/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-lovely jubbly.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/de/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-lovely_jubbly.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-lovely_jubbly.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/de/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-lovely_jubbly.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-lovely_jubbly.wav.ogg"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌlʌvli ˈdʒʌb(ə)li/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "BBC",
    "Only Fools and Horses"
  ],
  "word": "lovely jubbly"
}

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