2006-10-19 07:07:46 · 5 answers · asked by Lazarus 2 in Social Science ➔ Sociology
Saying or doing or being something that other people wish they had said done or were. It is a colloquial expression used mainly by the younger generation to their contemporaries. Popular within the music world, it became adopted by young people in general. It means many things to many people.
2006-10-19 09:55:11 · answer #1 · answered by Social Science Lady 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Before it became slang, "cool" was a literal reference to temperature and later on a favourite metaphor of writers.
It is the all-purpose word for OK, good, great, terrific and every gradation in between, often pronounced nowadays as "kewl". "Cool" remains the gold standard of slang in the 21st century, as reliable as a blue-chip stock, surviving like few expressions ever in our constantly evolving language. "Cool" keeps getting used generation after generation and lets the whole history of the language roll off its back.
I hope that's cool, mate!
2006-10-19 08:04:40 · answer #2 · answered by marizani 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
fridge e rater off yer ed man
2006-10-19 07:18:49 · answer #3 · answered by fredi b 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The people who perceive it - the society - peers
2006-10-19 07:18:00 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well it's definitely not your Avatar's mullet my friend.
2006-10-19 07:17:37 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋