tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5893219718076521675.post8214570970266000838..comments2024-03-28T04:13:55.692-04:00Comments on pancocojams: How The Vernacular Meaning Of "Cool" Has Changed Among African AmericansAzizi Powellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14963772326145910073noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5893219718076521675.post-26630119479059838082017-03-31T13:18:28.827-04:002017-03-31T13:18:28.827-04:00Here's a link to an online list of Hip Hop ter...Here's a link to an online list of Hip Hop terms that I just found. <br /><a href="http://www.aboutlanguageschools.com/slang/hiphop-slang.asp" rel="nofollow">http://www.aboutlanguageschools.com/slang/hiphop-slang.asp</a><br /><br />For what it's worth, it seems to me that the definitions that are given in that compilation are "on point" (accurate). And I like that that list also includes information about the geographical areas in the USA where the word came from and/or is most widely used.<br /><br />It's interesting that "hot" is included in that list, but "cool" isn't, which reinforces my sense that African Americans have retired the word "cool" to mean something that is very good. <br /><br />However, that list does have this entry for the word "cold":<br />"Cold: (1) of high quality. (2) pleasing to look at. Primarily used in the Midwestern, United States (IL, MI, WI)".<br />-snip-<br />Maybe because I live in Pennsylvania, and before that I lived in New Jersey, I'm not familiar with these meanings of "cold". When I've heard "That's cold" used in a vernacular sense, it usually means that that was "cold blooded" [without empathy, "hard hearted"].<br />Azizi Powellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14963772326145910073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5893219718076521675.post-75151769833484980202017-03-26T10:16:14.806-04:002017-03-26T10:16:14.806-04:00Here are the definitions for "cold" and ...Here are the definitions for "cold" and "cool" that are given in <i>Hip Hoptionary: the dictionary of hip hop terminology</i> by Alonzo Westbrook (2002)<br />p. 28<br />"cold<br />1. good, nice, That suit is cold<br />2. mean<br />3.sleep in the eyes from being tired"<br /><br />**<br />p. 29<br />"cool - acceptable"Azizi Powellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14963772326145910073noreply@blogger.com