What is it with "COOL"
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Guy B. Meredith
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That's 'cool' and not 'kewl'. Just beat generation and '60s stuff. Baby boomers talk like that.
cosmolinelover
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guess you guys aren't the "hepcats" I took ya for 
I call my guns 'toys' as a sort of code word around anti's, or people who I don't want knowing I own guns.
"You have plans for the weekend?"
"Yeah, I'm going out to play with some of my toys."
They assume I'm going out mountain biking, or playing my PS2 or computer or whatever, and no one is the wiser.
"You have plans for the weekend?"
"Yeah, I'm going out to play with some of my toys."
They assume I'm going out mountain biking, or playing my PS2 or computer or whatever, and no one is the wiser.
Better than "bra"
We have this guy in our unit who insists on calling everyone "bra". Assumably some form of "bro". He's from Cali, and big into the beach/surfing scene. I guess it's a big thing there.
I was forced to ask him the other day if he thought I was a women's anatomical support device. He has since stopped addressing me as bra.
If he does it again, I will have to call him "jock strap" in return
I'd rather be cool than be a braseirre anyday
Well, there could be advantages to being a braseirre.....
We have this guy in our unit who insists on calling everyone "bra". Assumably some form of "bro". He's from Cali, and big into the beach/surfing scene. I guess it's a big thing there.
I was forced to ask him the other day if he thought I was a women's anatomical support device. He has since stopped addressing me as bra.
If he does it again, I will have to call him "jock strap" in return
I'd rather be cool than be a braseirre anyday
Well, there could be advantages to being a braseirre.....
We were using it as kids in the '50s. It's still useful, but like any other word can be overused. John
cool
O.E. col, from P.Gmc. *koluz, from PIE base *gel- "cold, to freeze." The v. form kele (from O.E. colian) was used by Shakespeare, but has been assimilated with the adj. into the modern word. Applied since 1728 to large sums of money to give emphasis to amount. Meaning "calmly audacious" is from 1825. Slang use for "fashionable" is 1933, originally Black English, said to have been popularized in jazz circles by tenor saxophonist Lester Young. Coolant in the radiator sense is from 1930. Coolth, on model of warmth, is occasionally attested since 1547, and was used by Pound, Tolkien, Kipling, etc.
Johncool
O.E. col, from P.Gmc. *koluz, from PIE base *gel- "cold, to freeze." The v. form kele (from O.E. colian) was used by Shakespeare, but has been assimilated with the adj. into the modern word. Applied since 1728 to large sums of money to give emphasis to amount. Meaning "calmly audacious" is from 1825. Slang use for "fashionable" is 1933, originally Black English, said to have been popularized in jazz circles by tenor saxophonist Lester Young. Coolant in the radiator sense is from 1930. Coolth, on model of warmth, is occasionally attested since 1547, and was used by Pound, Tolkien, Kipling, etc.
Yo, that 41 is the cat's meow!
Cool is just a way to describt aht you like something. Benchrest guys probably think that some uber-high optic is cool. Tactical guys think that a loaded up rail system is cool. Military rifle guys think that guns that go PING are cool. CS players think that the deagle is cool. What may be useful, practical or necessary to you, may seem to others like you just have it because it is cool.
And enough with the l337 talk. Unless you are a 12-year old wannabe, or a 35 year old comic book collector living in his parent's basement, you should have grown up past that stage
Ohio Annie
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Mine are all keen except those which are neat-o.
Dave Haven
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Some of my guns are cool, some are BAD, and some are really bitchin'!
Can't believe nobody mentioned that adjective yet.
Can't believe nobody mentioned that adjective yet.