COOL (excellent)
ADJECTIVES
► COCK ‘cool’; desirable → 1970 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
► COLD very cool, excellent → 2006 US sl. (Bk.)
► COLD-BLOODED very cool, striking; exceptional; splendid → 1969 African-American sl.
► CRIT cool → 20C teen & high school sl.
► CRITICAL cool → 20C teen & high school sl.
► CRUNK cool, totally excellent → 2006 US sl. (Bk.)
► DEADLY cool, excellent; fantastic; brilliant → 1960s sl.
► DOE cool → 20C teen & high school sl.
► DOPEY cool, ‘hip’ → 20C teen & high school sl.
► DOWNBEAT cool; easygoing → 2006 US sl. (Bk.)
► FAR OUT cool; great; extraordinary → 1954 orig. US
► FROODY cool; grand; wonderful → 2006 US sl. (Bk.)
► FROSTY cool; really cool and mellow → 2006 US sl. (Bk.)
► FUNKADELIC cool, stylish, esp. in a psychedelic way → 1970
► FUNKED-UP cool, excellent; first-rate; splendid; wonderful; sophisticated → 1990s African-American sl.
► FUNKY cool, ‘hip’; excellent, great → 1967
► GOLDEN excellent; really cool → 2006 US sl. (Bk.)
► KWAAI cool, excellent, great, fantastic → 1974 S. Afr. sl.
► LUSH cool, excellent, great → 1928 sl., chiefly UK
► MAD cool, remarkable, appealing, exciting; excellent → 1941 sl.
► PRETTY SCARY cool; nice; good → 1970 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
► RIGHTEOUS cool; excellent, wonderful → 1930 US sl., orig. African-American
► STUDLY cool; excellent, good → 1960s US sl.
► STUPID cool, excellent, splendid → 1980s African-American sl.
► STUPID FRESH cool, excellent, splendid → 1980s African-American sl.
► TIGHT cool; attractive → 1980s US students’ sl.
► TOAST cool, excellent; wonderful → 1970s US teen sl.
► ZERO COOL cool, extremely aware, alert, up-to-date, relaxed → 1980s teen sl.
NOUNS
► BOMB something cool or good → 20C teen & high school sl.
► CHERRY something cool or good → 20C teen & high school sl.
► DEFFEST the coolest; the best → 20C teen & high school sl.
NOUNS, PERSON
► CHICKSTER a cool and good-looking woman → 2006 US sl. (Bk.)
► CHILLY MOST a very cool person → 20C teen & high school sl.
► DUDE a person regarded as being ‘cool; or fashionable, or as embodying some other admirable or desirable quality → 1967
► FUNK a person who thinks he or she is cool but definitely is not → 20C teen & high school sl.
► FUNKSTER a cool, fashionable, or trendy person → 1982 sl.
► HEP BIRD a person considered cool, aware, sophisticated, or stylish → 1937 sl., orig. US
► HEPCAT a person considered cool, aware, sophisticated, or stylish → 1937 sl., orig. US
► HEPPED-CAT a person considered cool, aware, sophisticated, or stylish → 1965 US sl.
► HIPSTER a person who is cool, hip, or sophisticated → 1989
VERBS
► CHILL to become cool, to calm down; to relax → 20C teen & high school sl.
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