Now look what you've done - changed Terry's reprobation into
approbation! I do believe that Terry used the word in the sense that my
mother & previous generations did, as in "he's so cool [about it],
butter wouldn't melt in his mouth". Often accompanied by a mild snort,
or sniff.
Gabriel Austin
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From: exlibris@library.berkeley.edu
[mailto:exlibris@library.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of Greenberg, Stephen
(NIH/NLM)
Sent: Monday, July 19, 2004 7:03 AM
To: Multiple recipients of list
Subject: RE: Distributed: a new word
I must respectfully disagree. "Cold" is not the linguistic successor to
"cool." When Donkey says, "That's cold" to Shrek, it is not a
compliment.
The current correct word to demonstrate approbation (and my teen-age
children confirm this), is "sweet." NB - When spoken, it should be
pronounced "sweeeeet."
Steve Greenberg
History of Medicine Division
National Library of Medicine
>Earlier today, I received the following email form message from the
book
>and print dealer, W. Graham Arader . The new word (new to me, anyway)
>is "distributed." The old-fashioned term is "broken." Cool. -tb
Terry Belanger : University Professor : University of Virginia : Rare
Book
School
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