What is cool?

History of cool

What is cool and why? What used to be cool? When was it cool and why?

Cool to say cool

Click the images to get to the websites. The picture underneath is a chart on the usage of different words for cool. Seems though as cool has always been cool.





I also want to share the video where I got this information from. What I find very interesting is the originating of different ways to be cool. The "I dont care"-cool is originally from cultures within prisons and other institutions where you dont usually have alot of power over your situation. The "I dont care"-cool finally makes sense to me, I was never cool in school.