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[-] taiyang@lemmy.world 33 points 1 year ago
[-] southsamurai@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 year ago

No, no, that doesn't count. That's a classic bit of slang, not some trendy wave.

[-] taiyang@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

It was when the Jumanji cartoon was a thing! I'm just old.

[-] Peaty@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

Cool beans comes from the 1960s or earlier.

[-] taiyang@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

They brought it back briefly in the 90s, though!

[-] Peaty@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

They did and I thought it was new back then but I was wrong.

It's like "bet" in that I thought that was also newer when it came back until I watched Eddie Murphy hosting SNL for the first time and he used it in the monologue.

[-] jballs@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 year ago

Same. I can't stop. Pls help.

[-] rbos@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 year ago

Streets ahead, brah. The Brahm Meister.

[-] RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago
[-] CurlyMoustache@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Is this like the weird "criss cross apple sauce"?

[-] Mordachai_Shedbacon@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago

and radical rice!

[-] z500@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

That phrase is just objectively cool beans, though

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