In the olden days it meant this:
Now it can mean this:
Anyone else in the process of erasing it from his/her speech?
I refuse to say cool now that it was bastardized...
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Re: I refuse to say cool now that it was bastardized...
Nope! I will continue to, heh, be cool with using the word "cool".
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Re: I refuse to say cool now that it was bastardized...
I need to consult with Henry Winkler before making this decision.
Re: I refuse to say cool now that it was bastardized...
Nothing is less cool than caring about what other people think is cool.
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Re: I refuse to say cool now that it was bastardized...
It's good to be able to articulate instead of relying on more opaque terms too often.
..What mirror universe?
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Re: I refuse to say cool now that it was bastardized...
What do you have against dogs?
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Re: I refuse to say cool now that it was bastardized...
My guess is that they're just simply uncool to him.
..What mirror universe?
Re: I refuse to say cool now that it was bastardized...
"Black care rarely sits behind a rider whose pace is fast enough."
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Re: I refuse to say cool now that it was bastardized...
Did i say i have something against everything uncool in the old school sense.
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Re: I refuse to say cool now that it was bastardized...
Given that you just posted "how people use cool today" with lots of pictures of dogs, you kinda left things pretty wide open for interpretation.
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— Un Lun Dun, China Mieville
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