Happify, verb. (American).—To please.
1612. Sylvester, Lach. Lach., 642. One short mishap for ever
happifies.
1848. Burton, Waggeries, etc., p. 70. For eatin’ and drinkin’, it
happifies me to say that we bang the bush.
Happy, adj. (common).—Slightly drunk; elevated (q.v.). For synonyms,
see Drinks and Screwed.
Happy-despatch, subs. (common).—Death, specifically, a sudden or
violent end.
Happy-dosser. See Dosser.
Happy Eliza, subs. (common).—A female Salvationist [As in the Broadside
Ballad (1887–8), ‘They call me Happy Eliza, and I’m Converted Jane:
We’ve been two hot’uns in our time.’]
Happy-family, subs. (colloquial).—See quot.
1851–61. H. Mayhew, Lond. Lab. and Lond. Poor, iii., p. 224. Happy
families, or assemblages of animals of diverse habits and
propensities living amicably, or at least quietly, in one cage.
Happy-go-lucky, subs. (colloquial).—Careless; thoughtless; improvident.
Fr., va comme je te pousse and à la flan.
1856. Reade, Never Too Late to Mend, ch. xv. In the happy-go-lucky
way of his class.
1883. Illust. London News, 8 Dec., p. 551, c. 1. He dashes off a
play in a happy-go-lucky style, basing it on theatrical precedent
so far as certain stock situations are concerned.
Happy Hunting-grounds, subs. (American).—1. The future state; glory
(q.v.). [From the North-American Indian’s conception of heaven.]
1848. Ruxton, Life in the Far West, p. 98. After a long journey,
they will reach the happy hunting-grounds.
1891. Gunter, Miss Nobody of Nowhere, ch. v. Old Mescal is now
keeping a sharp eye out for the child and the cowboy, that he may
send them to the happy hunting-grounds also.