perfectamundo

English

Etymology

From perfect +‎ -amundo as an intensifier; compare Spanish perfectamente. Popularized by the character Fonzie on the sitcom Happy Days.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

perfectamundo (comparative more perfectamundo, superlative most perfectamundo)

1. (slang) perfect
   • 1992 February, Days of Our Lives, episode 382, spoken by Jack Deveraux (Matthew Ashford):

     Fake blood, fake fight, fake bullets, it was perfect. It was perfectamundo... perfect.

   • 2009 October 13, Shirley Jump, A Princess for Christmas, Toronto, New York: Harlequin Romance, →ISBN, →OL, page 11:

     That space would be perfectamundo.

   • 2011 November 8, Portia Da Costa, “Naughty Thoughts”, in Rachel Kramer Bussel, editor, Women in Lust: Erotic Stories, Berkeley: Cleis Press, →ISBN, →OL, page 7:

     He's Mister Perfectamundo. Everything I've ever wanted and a whole lot more.

See also

• correctamundo
• exactamundo