One Hundred Years and 29 Ways to Say “Cool”

It’s so funny to look back and see how much slang changes lol!

Frankie Hollywood noticed that I say “I dig it” & “Awesome” lol

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The Evolution of Slang . . . One Hundred Years and 29 Ways to Say “Cool”

For some reason, MSN decided to do a slideshow of slang terms and where they came from.

Here are 29 ways to say something’s “cool” over the past 100 years.

–1910s: Ripping, jazz.

–1920s: Bee’s knees, cat’s pajamas.

–1930s: Bananas, gas, solid.

–1940s: Hot damn, nuts, hepcat.

–1950s: Keen, neato, boss.

–1960s: Far-out, groovy, choice.

–1970s: Gnarly, copasetic, dig it.

–1980s: Awesome, tubular, rad.

–1990s: Fresh, phat, all that, tight.

–2000s: Crunk, beast, hot.

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