⇨ lovely jubbly; luvly jubblyadjective wonderful, fantastic. Coined by John Sullivan (b.1946) as a catchphrase for the popular character Del Boy in the BBC television comedy Only Fools and Horses (1981–96), possibly inspired by a remembered response to a 'Jubbly', a pyramid-shaped frozen ice popular with children during the 1950s and 60s UK, 1994