Stern@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 4 days agoWhat current bit of slang do you think will still exist in a decade?message-squaremessage-square42linkfedilinkarrow-up136arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up134arrow-down1message-squareWhat current bit of slang do you think will still exist in a decade?Stern@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 4 days agomessage-square42linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareDaGeek247@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up6·4 days agoThis is my guess too. I personally knew of some examples dating back to the 70s using it, but apparently ‘coolness’ as a term has been around since at least the 15th century.
minus-squareEncrypt-Keeper@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 days agoCool as a slang term in modern usage dates back to the late 1920s. It’s been a sustained century of constant usage
This is my guess too. I personally knew of some examples dating back to the 70s using it, but apparently ‘coolness’ as a term has been around since at least the 15th century.
Cool as a slang term in modern usage dates back to the late 1920s. It’s been a sustained century of constant usage
That’s so cool.