cool

The more modern phrase is "awesome."

geoyo What does "cool" mean in the following examples:"The camera has a cool 13 megapixels""He made a cool $5 million selling shares on the stock market"

It is an informal way of emphasising the size of something. In my opinion it is slightly different from the "Wow, that's cool!" (= awesome, excellent, etc.) usage.

Thank you AlpheccaStars and GPY, I think I now understand the meaning. Is it interchangeable with "whopping"? This is a word I know.

Edit: I found this definition on dictionary.com:

Informal. (of a number or sum) without exaggeration or qualification: a cool million dollars.

This is a slightly different meaning, I think. So do you say it if you assume peop

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geoyoEdit: I found this definition on dictionary.com:Informal. (of a number or sum) without exaggeration or qualification: a cool million dollars.This is a slightly different meaning, I think.

This is supposed to be the same meaning.

geoyoSo do you say it if you assume people won't believe you because the number is too high, and yo

Thank you GPY that was helpful

geoyo"The camera has a cool 13 megapixels"

"The camera has 13 megapixels." This is neutral and factual.
The camera has a cool 13 megapixels" "Cool" means "impressive." It is informal but frequently used in advertising. = "we are really impressed with this number"

Thank you AlpheccaStars, that made it clear. Editors often use this expression in tech reviews.