tope
adj.— «Tope (adj., cool) “It’s a mixture of the words tight and dope, which both mean ‘cool.’” -Sylvia» —“Say What? A Glossary Of Teen Slang” by Patricia Greco KMGH-TV (Denver, Colorado) Mar. 8, 2007. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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