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Word: coolster (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...battlefield of misunderstandings and impatient busyness, such locutions as Don't go there, In your dreams and What part of no don't you understand? are Nerf-like weaponry: When you're blind with anger or exasperation, you grab the nearest item of modular meanness. Of course, not all coolster coinages are overtly fightin' words. Indeed, some affect affectlessness: Same old, same old; Blah blah blah; Yadda yadda yadda. But given the right nuances, indifference can pack a wallop: Yadda will outsnide blah, for instance but wither before the passive-aggressive champ (and Bob Dole favorite), Whatever...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: YADDA, YADDA, YADDA | 12/16/1996 | See Source »

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