# When will the word "cool" be lame?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [December 19, 2010, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-will-the-word-cool-be-lame/564689 "2010-12-19T06:13:11Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![SirRay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@SirRay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SirRay)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2010, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-will-the-word-cool-be-lame/564689/21 "2010-12-20T20:03:59Z")

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> [@Mk\_VII](#):
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> Hopefully, it will be joined in the lame enclosure by “sucks” and “dude” on the same day.

‘Sucks’ will never be ‘lame’, it’s just too perfect a term. Indeed, very soon official voting will be done using ‘Sucks’ and whatever replaces ‘Cool’ (which will not be ‘Rules’\*, lBTW), instead of the archaic ‘Nay’ and ‘Aye’

‘Dude’, I dunno, right now it’s either that or ‘man’. Either are still better than the 1920’s style ‘Brother’ or the Soviet ‘Comrade’ - _“Yo Comrade, don’t be sh\*\*in’ me!”_

> [@tdn](#):
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> And I will single-handedly bring groovy back from the grave, because it’s far out.

You’re just trippin’, man…

\*‘Rules’ went out with Beavis & Butthead, right?  
And what’s with all this ‘Rules OK’ nonsense from the UKians anyway?

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**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2010, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-will-the-word-cool-be-lame/564689/23 "2010-12-20T20:08:20Z")

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> [@SirRay](#):
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> You’re just trippin’, man…

As long as I keep on truckin’.

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**Author:** ![Myron\_Van\_Horowitzski](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de053/32.png) [@Myron\_Van\_Horowitzski](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Myron_Van_Horowitzski)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2010, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-will-the-word-cool-be-lame/564689/24 "2010-12-20T21:29:24Z")

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I think the reason “cool” has lasted so long is because it is refreshed by pronunciation changes.

I remember saying “coo-all” in the 70s. Then it changed to (IIRC) “cooohl”, later “cuhl”, “kewl” and a bunch of others. Or am I just nuts?

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**Author:** ![Pai325](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Pai325](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pai325)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2010, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-will-the-word-cool-be-lame/564689/25 "2010-12-21T00:04:21Z")

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1972

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**Author:** ![mr.jp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/48db29/32.png) [@mr.jp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mr.jp)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2010, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-will-the-word-cool-be-lame/564689/26 "2010-12-21T00:50:32Z")

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Here in Denmark it seems to live healthily too. “Fuck” and “cool” are the two most used English words, I think.

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