“Tickety-boo” – English slang

Tickety-boo slang

Origin of this expression:
It’s likely that “tickety-boo” comes from the Hindi ṭhīk hai babu, which means ‘it’s all right, sir’.

Everything is tickety-boo – Danny Kaye (from the movie Marry Andrew, 1958):

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