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Spider Jerusalem

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5. Cool = cold, not "awesome"

Reply to demwing (Reply #4)

Sun Oct 13, 2013, 02:11 PM

Oct 2013

OED says:

4.a Of persons (and their actions): Not heated by passion or emotion; unexcited, dispassionate; deliberate, not hasty; undisturbed, calm.

6. Assured and unabashed in demeanour, where the circumstances would call for diffidence and hesitation; calmly and deliberately audacious or impudent in making a proposal or demand: said of persons and their actions. Esp. in phr. cool customer

(Sense 6 has citations dating to 1825.)

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One of my favorite Lincoln quotes: "Stand and Deliver" [View all] bigtree Oct 2013 OP

"That is cool" - Couldn't believe Lincoln actually said that! demwing Oct 2013 #1

I had same reaction however cool= unfeeling. At least that was my interpretation. KittyWampus Oct 2013 #2

"Stand and deliver" means "halt and give me everything you have" Spider Jerusalem Oct 2013 #3

No. The quote I doubted was "That is cool" demwing Oct 2013 #4

Cool = cold, not "awesome" Spider Jerusalem Oct 2013 #5