Meanings
- slangwonderful; great; hurrah!
It's not I'm antisocial / I'm only anti-workǃ / Gloriosky, that's why I'm a jerkǃ
1957, Stephen Sondheim, “Gee, Officer Krupke”, in West Side Story4 more examples
We are told that it is corny to be sentimental, to feel like shouting “gloriosky” with that little girl of the comic strips, Little Annie Rooney. But it is not corny at all; it is deep wisdom.
1963, Joseph Anthony Breig, The Mysteries of Marriage, page 20The individual or group at the top feed entirely on flattering and deceptive garbage (the Howard Hughes syndrome). Gloriosky, the tales I could tell about corporations where I've worked... such things are only possible on the Planet of the Apes.
1980, Robert Anton Wilson, The Illuminati PapersMy heart dropped with a sick thud when I read small type on the label; rather than a German set from EMI Electrola, this originated in the U.K. But it played, gloriosky, without a single tick or click.
1986, Fanfare, volume 9, numbers 3-4, page 197STEPHANIE: Gloriosky, Mom! Fiber and long-chain carbs and pure, natural fruit sugar—all without saturated fat! It doesn't get any better than this!
2003, C. John McCoglin, Surviving Youth Sports, page 232
Origin
Catchphrase of the protagonist of the comic strip Little Annie Rooney (launched in 1927), presumably from glorious + -sky.
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