the cat's pajamas



the cat's pajamas

A terrific thing. This was a nonsensical phrase of the 1920s that meant something worth seeing or having. A similar phrase was the “cat's meow.”
See also: pajama

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
CreeKREEEnglish (Rare)
Rajendra-Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati, Telugu, Nepali
Jameel-Arabic
Kumaran-Tamil, Indian, Malayalam
UllaOOL-lah (Finnish)Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Finnish, German
Severose-VE-roItalian, Spanish