Cool Beans

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NN: Phrase showing pleasure or delight; "You got an A on your paper–cool beans." S89 cool beans (NN) - No change Source: Dictionary of Geneseo English, Fall 1998 Simmington Cool beans (NN): Equivalent to "cool," "wow," [[awesome]], "exciting," or "fun" in response to an interesting occurence. Definition of approximately 56% of those surveyed. (F06) Unknown by approximately 44% of those surveyed. (F06) Simmington, D. McGiveron 50% of those surveyed correctly identified and use this word. K. Andryshak, 2012

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100% of those surveyed were familiar with this term.  This indicates an increase in popularity.This word is not Geneseo specific. (Ali, A-F, 2019)

Posted by hea4 at Apr 13, 2019 19:50

56% of the people surveyed were familiar with this term, which indicates a decrease in the popularity of the term. However, the majority of people agreed with the 2012 definition (Smith, A-F, 2022).

Posted by cbs6 at May 07, 2022 19:53

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