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A new Hippie Dictionary
There are news stories out about a new 700-page "Hippie Dictionary" edited by John Bassett McCleary (Ten-Speed Press). This article lists some sample words:
http://www.contracostatimes.com/mld/cctimes/9244573.htm
What I don't see yet is whether this is merely one guy's personal list and definitions (which I suspect) or a serious attempt to gather dated citations (which I doubt).
It would be cool if it shed some light on words like "cool".
Best Donna Richoux
http://www.contracostatimes.com/mld/cctimes/9244573.htm
What I don't see yet is whether this is merely one guy's personal list and definitions (which I suspect) or a serious attempt to gather dated citations (which I doubt).
It would be cool if it shed some light on words like "cool".
Best Donna Richoux
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[/nq] Wasn't 'cool' used before? I thought it went back to the jazz scene around 60-ish where people would occasionally refer to each other as 'cool cats'. But then again, I wasn't really there...
- [/nq] Wasn't 'cool' used before?
- I thought it went back to the jazz scene around 60-ish where people would occasionally refer to each other as 'cool cats'.
- But then again, I wasn't really there...
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[nq:1]It would be cool if it shed some light on words like "cool".[/nq]
Wasn't 'cool' used before? I thought it went back to the jazz scene around 60-ish where people would occasionally refer to each other as 'cool cats'.
But then again, I wasn't really there...
Luca
"Life doesn't imitate art, life imitates bad TV."
Wasn't 'cool' used before? I thought it went back to the jazz scene around 60-ish where people would occasionally refer to each other as 'cool cats'.
But then again, I wasn't really there...
Luca
"Life doesn't imitate art, life imitates bad TV."
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[nq:1]There are news stories out about a new 700-page "Hippie Dictionary" edited by John Bassett McCleary (Ten-Speed Press).[/nq]
Not so new, actually. It's the second edition the first edition was discussed here when it came out in 2002:
http://groups.google.com/groups?th=3d5c65679e6e2c4f
Not so new, actually. It's the second edition the first edition was discussed here when it came out in 2002:
http://groups.google.com/groups?th=3d5c65679e6e2c4f
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[nq:2]It would be cool if it shed some light on words like "cool".[/nq]
[nq:1]Wasn't 'cool' used before? I thought it went back to the jazz scene around 60-ish where people would occasionally refer to each other as 'cool cats'. But then again, I wasn't really there...[/nq]
Oh, we've had long discussions here about "cool" going back to the 19th century, even. But in particular, we get fuzzy
[nq:1]Wasn't 'cool' used before? I thought it went back to the jazz scene around 60-ish where people would occasionally refer to each other as 'cool cats'. But then again, I wasn't really there...[/nq]
Oh, we've had long discussions here about "cool" going back to the 19th century, even. But in particular, we get fuzzy
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Donna Richoux filted:
[nq:1]Oh, we've had long discussions here about "cool" going back to the 19th century, even. But in particular, we get ... TV show, while other persons here think it stayed alive and well, at least in some geographical and cultural groups.[/nq]
Thought extinct but surviving in isolated pockets?...that must be "cool" as in "coelacanth"..r
[nq:1]Oh, we've had long discussions here about "cool" going back to the 19th century, even. But in particular, we get ... TV show, while other persons here think it stayed alive and well, at least in some geographical and cultural groups.[/nq]
Thought extinct but surviving in isolated pockets?...that must be "cool" as in "coelacanth"..r
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[nq:1]There are news stories out about a new 700-page "Hippie Dictionary" edited by John Bassett McCleary (Ten-Speed Press). This article ... to gather dated citations (which I doubt). It would be cool if it shed some light on words like "cool".[/nq]
But "cool" isn't a hippie word. The hippies rejected "cool". Otherwise how, in 1974, 1975, could Happy Days have presented it as an archai
But "cool" isn't a hippie word. The hippies rejected "cool". Otherwise how, in 1974, 1975, could Happy Days have presented it as an archai
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[nq:2]There are news stories out about a new 700-page "Hippie ... cool if it shed some light on words like "cool".[/nq]
[nq:1]But "cool" isn't a hippie word. The hippies rejected "cool". Otherwise how, in 1974, 1975, could Happy Days have presented it as an archaic '50s slang word?[/nq]
I have to agree with Areff here. Quoting myself from a past thread:
Bonafide "cool" had
[nq:1]But "cool" isn't a hippie word. The hippies rejected "cool". Otherwise how, in 1974, 1975, could Happy Days have presented it as an archaic '50s slang word?[/nq]
I have to agree with Areff here. Quoting myself from a past thread:
Bonafide "cool" had
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[nq:1]There are news stories out about a new 700-page "Hippie Dictionary" edited by John Bassett McCleary (Ten-Speed Press). This article ... to gather dated citations (which I doubt). It would be cool if it shed some light on words like "cool".[/nq]
Sanskrit and Hindi speakers have used kool (and anukool) for thousands of years.
Jai Maharaj, a native Sanskrit and Hindi speaker
Sanskrit and Hindi speakers have used kool (and anukool) for thousands of years.
Jai Maharaj, a native Sanskrit and Hindi speaker
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But "cool" isn't a hippie word. The hippies rejected "cool". Otherwise how, in 1974, 1975, could Happy Days have presented it as an archaic '50s slang word?
The hippies did have a youth culture 'cool', but the predominant use was with persons.
The door opened and a large man with a beard entered. Everyone stopped talking until Jim said "He's cool", and then everyone relaxed.
Her
The hippies did have a youth culture 'cool', but the predominant use was with persons.
The door opened and a large man with a beard entered. Everyone stopped talking until Jim said "He's cool", and then everyone relaxed.
Her
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[nq:1]But "cool" isn't a hippie word. The hippies rejected "cool". Otherwise how, in 1974, 1975, could Happy Days have presented it as an archaic '50s slang word?[/nq]
Nowadays, usage of "cool" might be thought of as a revival of *'70s* slang (thanks to the enduring iconic stature of the Fonz). To wit:
Nowadays, usage of "cool" might be thought of as a revival of *'70s* slang (thanks to the enduring iconic stature of the Fonz). To wit:
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[nq:2]But "cool" isn't a hippie word. The hippies rejected "cool". ... have presented it as an archaic '50s slang word?[/nq]
[nq:1]Nowadays, usage of "cool" might be thought of as a revival of *'70s* slang (thanks to the enduring iconic stature ... like? Yolanda: Cool? Jules: What? Yolanda: He's cool. Jules: Correctamundo. And that's what we're gonna be. We're gonna be cool.[/nq]
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[nq:1]Nowadays, usage of "cool" might be thought of as a revival of *'70s* slang (thanks to the enduring iconic stature ... like? Yolanda: Cool? Jules: What? Yolanda: He's cool. Jules: Correctamundo. And that's what we're gonna be. We're gonna be cool.[/nq]
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