(US, idiomatic, humorous, disparaging) Adequate; acceptable as government work, imperfect but not worth the time nor effort of improving.
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(Canada, idiomatic, humorous) Acceptable; equivalent to government work, neither worse nor better.
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Regional slang from around the English-speaking world — British, Australian, Irish, Caribbean, Nigerian, Filipino, AAVE, and the hyphenated-English dialects that make the internet sound local.
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