ur-cool

adj

ur-cool

adj

Etymology From ur- + cool.

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:
  • 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:
1 more example
  • 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:

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