ur-cool

ur-cool

English

Etymology

ur- +‎ cool

Adjective

ur-cool (comparative more ur-cool, superlative most ur-cool)

1. (slang) Extremely cool.
   • 1999, Vikram Seth, An Equal Music, Penguin Books (1999), →ISBN, page 221:

     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."

   • 2003, Ramesh Kumar, Malaysia: Riches from the Golden Land, Springer (2003), →ISBN, page 81:

     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; […]

   • 2014, Melena Ryzik, "This Time, Jim Jarmusch Is Kissing Vampires", The New York Times, 3 April 2014:

     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 […]

   • For more examples of usage of this term, see Citations:ur-cool.

Anagrams

• colour, courol