The Devil's Advocate, LPC ([info]thejdog) wrote in [info]linguaphiles,
@ 2002-11-12 10:50:00
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"Cool" Words
Hey everyone, got a question.
What do you say when you wish to express, well, cool-ness?
i.e. "Cool!" "That rocks" "awesome!"
Personally, I'm in the habit of saying "Hot Soup!", although I don't know where I picked it up. And let me know in other languages, too! I know the chinese (at least around Beijing), are fond of "Ku4 Bi4 Le" (My chinese character generater is defunct, give me a break), meaning "cool to death." But I don't know much else. Help me out here!

Hot soup!
;)

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[info]spikyporcupines
2002-11-12 08:17 am UTC (link)
I know a few.

Portuguese: Legal

Spanish (Colombian): Genio

Japanese: Sugoi

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[info]irkin
2002-11-12 08:49 am UTC (link)
AFAIK, "legal" is brasilian, not of Portugal.

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(no subject) - (Anonymous), 2005-05-21 01:39 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]irkin, 2005-05-21 11:44 am UTC
yeah there is. - (Anonymous), 2006-03-25 05:41 am UTC
more Spanish - [info]sparkofcreation, 2002-11-12 09:21 am UTC
Re: more Spanish - [info]sparkofcreation, 2002-11-12 09:22 am UTC
Re: more Spanish - [info]bugtilaheh, 2002-11-13 09:00 pm UTC

[info]irkin
2002-11-12 08:46 am UTC (link)
In Russian we say "классно" (reads klahssnah), "здорово" (zdohrahvah), "круто" (krootah). Sometimes we say "super" or americanized "рулез" (rooleez, from "rules"), "кульно" (coolnah, from "cool").

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[info]lemonlye
2002-11-12 08:59 am UTC (link)
Lately it's been "Sweet!" Which we used to say when I was about 10, then we abandoned it for a decade or so, and now everyone's saying it again. :)

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[info]tisoi
2002-11-12 11:49 am UTC (link)
The French say "chouette" for cool. Coincidentally, it's not a far stretch from "sweet." I wonder what's the etymology of chouette..

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(no subject) - [info]ugly_boy, 2002-11-12 07:47 pm UTC
Chouette - (Anonymous), 2007-04-10 08:11 pm UTC

[info]tisoi
2002-11-12 09:06 am UTC (link)
Tagalog:

Galing! (Excellent!)
Lintek! (cool!)

There's some more.. though, i'm not up to the slang in Manila since I live in US..

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[info]tisoi
2002-11-12 11:45 am UTC (link)
Ahh! How can I forgot hanep! it means cool! :)

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[info]marukka
2002-11-12 09:06 am UTC (link)
"Coolt!"

Yeah, it's a borrowed word, but it's very likely to come up. Other more Swedish things I can think of would be "häftigt" (forcefully), "grymt" (cruel), "tufft" (though).

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[info]timwi
2002-11-12 09:20 am UTC (link)
In German:

"Cool!", "Geil!", "Krass!", "Abgefahren!", "Fantastisch!", "Perfekt!", "Das haut rein!", etc.

Depending on required level of colloquialness, optionally put "Ey," and/or "voll"/"total"/"mega-" in front and append "Alter".

Examples: "Ey, Cool!", "Geil, Alter!", "Voll abgefahren!", or to exaggerate: "Ey, geil, das haut voll rein, Alter!"

For more information, please consult random people of Turkish origin with German nationality at a major train station in urban Germany.

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[info]kirinqueen
2002-11-12 10:53 am UTC (link)
For more information, please consult random people of Turkish origin with German nationality at a major train station in urban Germany.

*LoL* True enough, that! I think I learned more about German slang hanging around a group of high school-age German girls over several days than I ever did in my various classes.

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(no subject) - [info]kirinqueen, 2002-11-12 10:55 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]pne, 2002-11-12 09:38 pm UTC
Re: - [info]timwi, 2002-11-13 03:36 am UTC

[info]ex_ogam269
2002-11-12 10:13 am UTC (link)
english:

excellent
dog's bollocks
wicked
bad
naff
phat

Gujarati:

chikna (can also mean hot- usually applied to people)
vah (wow)
kya baat hain (actually hindi but used alot- means, literally- what a speech!!)

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[info]lemur_man
2002-11-12 11:24 am UTC (link)
Hot soup! Love it! Sounds a lot better to me than 'cool beans'...I never understood that one.

These are probably wildly outdated, but...

Dutch:

gaaf: flawless

onwijs: foolish, silly

te gek: 'too crazy'

some more recent (but probably also passé) ones I know are:

wreed: 'cruel'

strak: 'tight' (the way clothes are tight, but used to refer to other things)

stijl: 'style' (I guess this is like stylin')

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[info]yarahu
2002-11-12 02:25 pm UTC (link)
Dutch has a lot of words for 'cool' ('cool' itself is an acceptable option), but they are all narrowly linked to specific age groups. Use the wrong one, and you are marked for life.

Back in the fifties, 'mieters' was the word, but nowadays you wouldn't want to be caught dead using that. When I was in primary and high school, in the eighties, 'gaaf', 'onwijs' and later on 'wreed' came into fashion.

Today, the word of choice seems to be 'vet' ('fat'), which can also be used as an intensifier: saying someone is 'vet mager' ('fat skinny', i.e. really skinny) is perfectly acceptable teen lingo.

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(no subject) - [info]lemur_man, 2002-11-12 07:07 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]tisoi, 2002-11-12 06:58 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]lemur_man, 2002-11-12 07:28 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]jackierujem, 2008-07-17 01:59 am UTC

[info]vzykov
2002-11-12 11:34 am UTC (link)
In English, I (most often) say "sweeet!"

In Russian, I say "klass".

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[info]carolinecyven
2008-07-13 03:18 pm UTC (link)
Dutch: gaaf : flawless onwijs : foolish, silly te gek : 'too crazy' some more recent (but probably also passé) ones I know are: wreed : 'cruel' strak : 'tight' (the way clothes are tight, but used to refer to other things) stijl : 'style' (I guess this is like stylin') ( Reply to this )( Thread ) (no subject) - yarahu , pm UTC (no subject) - lemur_man , pm UTC (no subject) - tisoi , pm UTC (no subject) - lemur_man , pm UTC vzykov am UTC ( link ) In English, I (most often) say "sweeet.

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(no subject) - [info]dariapuziw, 2008-07-16 05:09 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]sallycekyp, 2008-07-16 02:17 pm UTC

[info]valamelmeo
2002-11-12 12:32 pm UTC (link)
don't forget "rad"--which i remember saying as a kid, and i've heard used again in recent years (mainly by hippie/stoner sorts). also, my little brother is nearly 13, and to him everything is "tight".

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[info]zinear
2002-11-12 04:25 pm UTC (link)
"Rad" I've also heard in a sarcastic way too, but not recently.

On the internet (not of any particular language, except "internet speak" perhaps), there are also:
"l337" - "leet", contraction of "elite"
"r0x0r" (and its longer cousin: "that r0x0r my b0x0r5!") - "rocks!" ("that rocks my boxers!") something like that; although this was quite popular a 1~1.5 years ago, it's become a bit dated on the internet (it doesn't take long). Either that, or I've just been out of touch with the "internet slang" these days.

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(no subject) - [info]kirinqueen, 2002-11-13 08:16 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]bugtilaheh, 2002-11-13 09:10 pm UTC

[info]secksiewolfie
2002-11-12 01:05 pm UTC (link)
solid
dope
sweet
nice

when i see a nice wave 'hohhh [shit]' (like whoa) *start paddling*

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I think I'm cool, but I'm old-school
[info]tangledweave
2002-11-12 03:02 pm UTC (link)
I have no idea how to say "cool" without qualifiers in somali, but my 80 year old uncle says "stahill" (which means impressive) in a similar fashion. To call a particular thing cool you say ka da'aysa. That means falling from (you are no more confused than I am).

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Re: I think I'm cool, but I'm old-school
[info]timwi
2002-11-12 04:02 pm UTC (link)
Do you actually speak Somali? Perhaps you could help out a bit on my Languages in Languages website? ;)

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Re: I think I'm cool, but I'm old-school - [info]tangledweave, 2002-11-12 04:04 pm UTC
Re: I think I'm cool, but I'm old-school - [info]timwi, 2002-11-12 04:06 pm UTC
sounds horrible, but:
[info]nipple_salad
2002-11-12 04:26 pm UTC (link)
Norwegian:

Kult (cool - not a Norwegian word, stolen from English)
Dritkult (shit-cool - "drit" is a disgusting word)

However, these examples are even worse:

Fett (fat)
Dritfett (fat from shit)
Dødsfett (fat from the dead)

However, these expressions have an air of optimism and enthusiasm in Norwegian, and are extremely common among young people.

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Re: sounds horrible, but:
[info]yarahu
2002-11-12 04:44 pm UTC (link)
The Norwegians say 'fat' too? Intriguing case of parallel evolution. I'm sure you didn't take it from us and we didn't take it from you.

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Re: sounds horrible, but: - [info]timwi, 2002-11-12 04:52 pm UTC
Re: sounds horrible, but: - [info]damiel, 2002-11-12 05:25 pm UTC
Re: sounds horrible, but: - [info]nipple_salad, 2002-11-16 02:09 pm UTC

[info]noktulo
2002-11-12 04:45 pm UTC (link)
I usually say, "cool" or "sweet," but with some guys at school I'll say, "That's delicious," "delectable," or "scrumptious," drawing out the final s. I don't know why, but we think it's hilariously funny to use those words.

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[info]vonriga
2002-11-12 07:09 pm UTC (link)
Apfgeil! Turbo!

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[info]embryomystic
2002-11-12 08:41 pm UTC (link)
I tend to cycle my expressions a lot so I don't become a caricature of myself (:-P), but I guess I say, "wickedmad good" (wickedmad is an intensifier appropriate for use with any adjective), "nice", "sweet", that sort of thing.

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Cool!
(Anonymous)
2002-11-12 10:29 pm UTC (link)
My brother and his mates tend to say "wicked!"

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Re: Cool! - [info]embryomystic, 2002-11-13 08:10 am UTC

[info]babilary
2002-11-13 05:22 am UTC (link)
hi, I wandered here while visiting a friend site...lately those in my neck of the woods have been going with "spot on!"

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Someone failed to mention...
(Anonymous)
2006-08-21 02:03 am UTC (link)
Someone failed to mention "word." That's prolly the most popular that I can think of. It means that's awesome, or that you agree.

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(Anonymous)
2008-02-21 01:50 am UTC (link)
'Word' mean like 'dude, I hear you'

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Wellllzz
(Anonymous)
2006-10-12 04:48 pm UTC (link)
i say kewliez or thats hawt.. oh yeh and i say sweet sumtimes, iit kinda depends on want comes out lol

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(Anonymous)
2007-02-11 07:02 pm UTC (link)
Russian - Kruto

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South Korea
(Anonymous)
2007-04-08 12:04 pm UTC (link)
Zzang. 짱

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sfgnsfn
(Anonymous)
2007-05-27 01:19 am UTC (link)
ive been saying frikin awsome!...and MIIYAW!! (meeya) and its an expression of anger or excitment

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bob
(Anonymous)
2007-05-27 01:21 am UTC (link)
ive been saying frikin awsome!...and MIIYAW!! (meeya) and its an expression of anger or excitment

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Ha! Surfer slang!
[info]huggingxwhore
2007-05-29 01:16 am UTC (link)
Usually I use the word "rad". It's a surfer term, but hey, it works. I also tend to say, "Dude, that's insane!" if I see something interesting. Hope it helps!

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Attract
(Anonymous)
2007-05-31 10:45 am UTC (link)
Know a couple...
Boomchickawowow is a manging phrase if ya like sumin.
Init Bitch... :)- Means cool as chamm
Book- cool
Smokin- Really hot way to say cool
Keewl- Sizzling cool
Luff ya style- I Love your stile babe

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Re: Attract
(Anonymous)
2007-07-21 01:57 pm UTC (link)
in England:

MINT
SOUND
SAFE
BUZZIN'
ICE
SICK
BANGIN'
NECTOR
NEAT

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