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[-] 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.

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