That's the kind of language you'd expect from someone hip deep in cleaning up after the First Felon and Her Ankleship!
Posted on 02/11/2006 6:14:22 AM PST by JusticeTalion
NEW YORK (AP) -- Groovy is over, hip is square, far out is long gone. Don't worry, though -- it's cool.
"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. It has, despite the pressures of staying relevant and trendy, kept its cool through the centuries -- even as its meaning changed drastically.
How cool is that?
Way cool, say experts who interpret words and slang for their messages about society.
"Cool is certainly a charter member for the slang hall of fame," says Robert Thompson, a Syracuse University professor of popular culture. "Cool just sits back and keeps getting used generation after generation and lets the whole history of the language roll off its back."
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That's the kind of language you'd expect from someone hip deep in cleaning up after the First Felon and Her Ankleship!
I think "ok" qualifies as the most popular slang of all time. It even has been borrowed by dozens of other languages. "Cool" would have to be second to "ok".
I'm pushing for "Shiney! "
First word spoken on the moon after touchdown - "OK, engine stop ... "
That one REALLY hit home! A Tom and Jerry cartoon. "The Zoot Suit Cat", damn near had that same sentence in it. Just too cool. :-)
God bless our troops wherever they may be.
God bless our troops wherever they may be.
Mother kept trying to say something bad about her but couldn't think of anything. Finally she blurted out "that Flapper!"
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