No, not the Bowie album, but yet another of the gnomish hyphenated nonsense words. You can ask your gnomish friend, Hassle Q. Bandicoot, you can say "Hassle, how are you feeling today?" and Hassle can't say "I'm fine." No, no. Hassle says "Why, I'm hunky-dory!" (and the proceeds to juggle and unicycle his merry way down the street). Notice below: Origin Unknown. No longer. Another gnomish hyphenated nonsense compound...
hun·ky–do·ry
Pronunciation: \ˌhəŋ-kē-ˈdȯr-ē\
Function: adjective
Etymology: obsolete English dial. hunk home base + -dory (of unknown origin)
Date: 1866
: quite satisfactory : fine
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