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ur-cool en · ADJ

Etymology

From ur- + cool.

Meanings

1. (slang) Extremely cool.
   • Helen, who is sitting just in front of her, stops playing, and turns to her. "Petra, I think we should cool it here." "But that is what I do," says Petra. "This is supposed to be cool. Ur-cool." 1999, Vikram Seth, An Equal Music, Penguin Books, published 1999, →ISBN, page 221:
   • His film, opening April 11, stars Tom Hiddleston and Tilda Swinton as Adam and Eve, an ur-cool bloodsucking couple whose love spans centuries and continents […] 2014 April 3, Melena Ryzik, “This Time, Jim Jarmusch Is Kissing Vampires”, in The New York Times:
   • The pavements were turned into tree-lined, fountained boulevards; which boulevards are enlivened by jazz bands and lasers, lined by new cafes and bars, ur-cool by any standards; […] 2003, Ramesh Kumar, Malaysia: Riches from the Golden Land, Springer, published 2003, →ISBN, page 81:

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