The word "spiffing" is correct and can be used in written English.
It is typically used to express something that is excellent or splendid, often in a somewhat playful or British context. Example: "The party last night was absolutely spiffing, everyone had a wonderful time." Alternatives include "fantastic" or "splendid."
Fred Niblo's silent version is spiffing entertainment without a thought in its head; William Wyler's remake is just a pious slog up to the admittedly exciting chariot race (which Wyler did not shoot anyway).
In particular, Mr Balls, who is currently shadow schools secretary, has launched ferocious attacks on the Coalition's decision to halt a large and bureaucratic programme for building new schools and spiffing up old ones.Faced with this stark dispute in the party he now leads, Mr Miliband told both sides they were right.
Matt Smith has slipped into the Doctor's tweed jacket with spiffing geek-genius charm, while the writing under Stephen Moffatt is every bit as spectacular as ever it was.
These include state-of-the-art storage for special collections of books, maps and manuscripts; new spaces for academic research, including three reading rooms with 147 seats and 27 study carrels; a digital media centre; a rather spiffing elevated eyrie for visiting scholars; 2.5km of open-access bookshelves; and new public facilities, including exhibition spaces, a shop and a Benugo café.
MetLife is merely the latest indication of the spiffing up of Long Island City; it joins the Citigroup tower to the south, the temporary Museum of Modern Art to the east, and a handful of new luxury apartment buildings to the west.
But in the past 10 years or so, Potsdam has been quietly spiffing up — owing to new (often well-heeled) residents as well as preparations for Frederick's birthday.
It popularized such English fashions as Oxford bags and terms like "spiffing" (meaning "excellent").
Spiffing up a client, Mr. Newman said, is "not a question of trickery" but of giving the jury the opportunity to "make a fair decision".
Although Roslyn Harbor doesn't have a comparable municipal facility, she said, it recently added a playground next to the village hall and is spiffing up the area around the village pond.
Meanwhile, longstanding tenants like Lanvin, Oscar de la Renta and Chanel are expanding, and other labels, Etro and Gucci among them, are spiffing up their existing stores.
So new, in fact, that painters and other workers were still spiffing up the facade and interior spaces for the official opening on Tuesday.
