cool beans
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kuːl biːnz/
(file) - Rhymes: -iːnz
Interjection
cool beans
- (childish) A humorous and lighthearted nonsense phrase indicating approval or mild excitement: great, wow.
- 1978, Cheech Marin; Tommy Chong, Up in Smoke, Los Angeles, Calif.: Paramount Home Video, OCLC 79631167:
- Cheech: “Hey man, look at this car made out of weed!” / Chong: “Oh cool beans, man!”
- 1985, Marlene Fanta Shyer, Grandpa Ritz and the Luscious Lovelies, New York, N.Y.: Scribner, →ISBN, page 30:
- ‘It’s cool beans!’ That’s what Betsy always says when she thinks something is fantastic, and I couldn’t help wondering what she’d say if she could see me now.
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References
- J[onathan] E. Lighter (2007) Historical Dictionary of American Slang, volume 2, New York, N.Y.: Random House Publishing, →ISBN.