Words & TermsPlaces and regional language
heaps good
Very good or excellent.
In a sentence
The new bakery is heaps good, especially before the lunch rush.
Where it came from
Heaps has long worked as an intensifier in informal English. Heaps good became particularly emblematic of South Australian speech, even though the construction is now understood more widely.
- Initial era
- 1850–1899
- Where used
- Especially South Australia; also Australia-wide