The word “Cool” The usage of cool as a general positive epithet or interjection has been part and parcel of English slang since World War I, and has even been borrowed into other languages, such as French and German. Originally this sense is a development from its use in African American Vernacular English to mean “excellent, superlative,” first recorded in written English in the early 1920s. Jazz musicians who used the term are responsible for its popularization during the 1940s. As a slang word expressing generally positive sentiment, it has stayed current (and cool) far longer than most such words. One of the main characteristics of slang is the continual renewal of its vocabulary and storehouse of expressions: in order for slang to stay slangy, it has to have a feeling of novelty. Slang expressions meaning the same thing as cool, like bully, capital, hot, groovy, hep, crazy, nervous, far-out, rad, tubular, def, and phat have for the most part not had the staying power or continued universal appeal of cool.
BE THIS GUY almost 5 years ago
At least she’ll be using her spleen for something.
Diat60 almost 5 years ago
I might start using that one, it has an edge to it.
WCraft Premium Member almost 5 years ago
Hello, Mr. Malaprop.
Teto85 Premium Member almost 5 years ago
The word “Cool” The usage of cool as a general positive epithet or interjection has been part and parcel of English slang since World War I, and has even been borrowed into other languages, such as French and German. Originally this sense is a development from its use in African American Vernacular English to mean “excellent, superlative,” first recorded in written English in the early 1920s. Jazz musicians who used the term are responsible for its popularization during the 1940s. As a slang word expressing generally positive sentiment, it has stayed current (and cool) far longer than most such words. One of the main characteristics of slang is the continual renewal of its vocabulary and storehouse of expressions: in order for slang to stay slangy, it has to have a feeling of novelty. Slang expressions meaning the same thing as cool, like bully, capital, hot, groovy, hep, crazy, nervous, far-out, rad, tubular, def, and phat have for the most part not had the staying power or continued universal appeal of cool.