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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>spiffy</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../S.html" title="S"/><link rel="previous" href="spider-food.html" title="spider food"/><link rel="next" href="spike.html" title="spike"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">spiffy</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="spider-food.html">Prev</a><EFBFBD></td><th width="60%" align="center">S</th><td width="20%" align="right"><EFBFBD><a accesskey="n" href="spike.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="spiffy"/><dt xmlns="" id="spiffy"><b>spiffy</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="pronunciation">/spi<70>fee/</span>, <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">adj.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> 1. Said of programs having a pretty, clever, or exceptionally
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well-designed interface. “<span class="quote">Have you seen the spiffy
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<a href="../X/X.html"><i class="glossterm">X</i></a> version of <a href="../E/empire.html"><i class="glossterm">empire</i></a>
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yet?</span>” </p></dd><dd><p> 2. Said sarcastically of a program that is perceived to have little
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more than a flashy interface going for it. Which meaning should be drawn
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depends delicately on tone of voice and context. This word was common
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mainstream slang during the 1940s, in a sense close to 1.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="spider-food.html">Prev</a><EFBFBD></td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../S.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"><EFBFBD><a accesskey="n" href="spike.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">spider food<6F></td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"><EFBFBD>spike</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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