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Cool beans

Posted by ESC on June 03, 2009 at 19:33

In Reply to: Cool beans posted by Eileen Brown on June 03, 2009 at 18:27:

: Hi.. LOVE THIS WEBSITE!!
: Can you add to your list the term "Cool beans"..
: Referred as .. "We will go to the amusement park".. Reply: "Cool Beans".. as in enjoyment .. Where did this phrase come from? It means no sense.

Here's all I know.

COOL BEANS -- Exclamations: 1970s and 1980s: "Cool beans! I'm doing great! This expression was always used in response to the expression 'How are you?' regardless of the form in which the question was asked." Page 178. "And now the 1990s" chapter, Page 223: (Sidebar) "How sweet it" -- "...slang terms of admiration...cool beans." "Flappers 2 Rappers: American Youth Slang" by Tom Dalzell (Merriam-Webster Inc., Springfield, Md., 1996).

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