adj
Meaning 1
Cool, nice.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Jamaica
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Standard Lemma guide
irie
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History
Etymology
Borrowed from Jamaican Creole irie, which is perhaps from English all right. Compare a'ight. The applied context of the remark, may also allude to a corruption of the conjugation of the french verb 'rier', such that, "I am laughing", would be a parabolic inference, about 'rightness'.