Ginger peachy

Posted by ESC February 18, 2009 at 14:00In reply to Ginger peachy posted by Joe on February 17, 2009 at 16:43:

Anyone know the origin of the term "ginger peachy"? Meaning something is wonderful, great. "Things are just ginger peachy".

1948 the film "Rope", seems the earliest use of
this one, ginger-peachy fine and admirable

Backing up a bit. Here's what I've found: Peachy -- peach cider, 1781. Listening to America: An Illustrated History of Words and Phrases from Our Lively and Splendid Past by Stuart Berg Flexner (Simon and Schuster, New York, 1982). Page 10. Peachy - meaning approval, college slang around 1900. Peachy keen -- as sarcasm, mainstream 1960s. "Flappers 2 Rappers: American Youth Slang" by Tom Dalzell (Merriam-Webster Inc., Springfield, Md., 1996). Page 4, 120.