Word: uncool
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...that while Las Vegas was unfailingly piquant and over the top, it was sui generis, its own highly peculiar self. Vegas in none of its various phases (ersatz Old West outpost in the 1930s and '40s, gangsters-meet- Hollywood high-life oasis in the '50s and '60s, uncool polyester dump in the '70s and early '80s) was really an accurate prism through which to regard the nation as a whole...
...social group, we want to bring together a community of students who think that studying isn't uncool, that foregoing law school or Wall Street in favor of graduate study in arts and sciences is not a mark of personal failure or of a secret fear of the "real world." We plan to serve our constituents as an intellectual network and a support group by organizing studyfests, a procrastination hot line, and discussion tables on intellectual topics in the Houses...
Minimalists trying to imitate the pin-drop prose of the late Raymond Carver would consider Banks' style uncool. But judging from the author's output, cool seems like a social disease. His structures lack grace but carry the weight of his passion and concern...
Unfortunately, part of the answer lies in the fact that many Harvard students are not sensitive to students in the scientific fields. Those who choose to study hard sciences are regarded by many students as "nerdy," "uncool" and "too intense." Yes, the engineers and physicists among us do have to work hard; their classes are cumulative and involve time-consuming labs and problem sets. By no means, though, can these students be stereotyped as single-minded, homogeneous individuals...
Alan Dershowitz says that the clubs are where Harvard students learn to discriminate. They really are the places where students learn to be uncool. Uptightness literally billows out of the clubs, covering the campus with a smog of bad vibes...