Thanks for WorldWideWords, now bookmarked into my Filing Cabinet folder. I don't know what Stacks was thinking when she logged 'cool' as Sixties, as she certainly knows about Mingus before then. losing cool hot under collar a tepid reception chill out making my blood boil ... it's all global warming innit?
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oh gosh - now I have to know about 'doing your block' as in "don't do your block" - maybe a reference to engine-block cracking under pressure?
good t'see youse Boynton
Cheers Brownie.
It's a phrase that oughta be maintained/revived.
I wonder when doing your block became losing your cool...
'losing your cool' definitely Sixties.
cool in the face of the narcs, must not be lost.
oh! reminds me - and this will amuse those who know all of the me's - I also have an a.k.a at the Sydney CIB. those were the days my friend.
An aka at the CIB.
= Cool.
Apparently cool goes back to Beowulf.
Thanks for WorldWideWords, now bookmarked into my Filing Cabinet folder.
I don't know what Stacks was thinking when she logged 'cool' as Sixties, as she certainly knows about Mingus before then.
losing cool
hot under collar
a tepid reception
chill out
making my blood boil ... it's all global warming innit?
I guess the nuances are of the times.
losing your cool sounds very 50s/60s.
But who knew cool as a cucumber was C18th?
(I like the kewl spelling because of its oxymoronic properties)
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