60, say? I feel it's very unlikely teenagers (2015) would say it today, at all. 'kul' great coolness and composure under strain. Note too that there are more "slang" (so to speak!) uses of it: I think the most prominent fourth use is "He's OK," i.e., "He's not with the cops you don't have to be suspicious of him even though he's an adult you can trust him not to be a dickhead" and so on.įinally note too that, as you probably know, "cool" is wildly out of date for anyone under. Your best alternative for the first is relaxed, for the second icy or smooth, and for the third popular. ie essentially a label for the currently popular pop or film personality. Note however that (as I think you suggest) "cool" (when labelling a human) can have three main meanings:Ĭool as in sang froid (although this is less used by young people, only boring old people use it this way)Ĭool as in simply "popular", "popular with young people". In terms of labelling a human, simply popular is your best alternate. ![]()
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