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[–] [email protected] 33 points 1 year ago (11 children)
[–] southsamurai 9 points 1 year ago (4 children)

No, no, that doesn't count. That's a classic bit of slang, not some trendy wave.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (3 children)

It was when the Jumanji cartoon was a thing! I'm just old.

[–] Peaty 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Cool beans comes from the 1960s or earlier.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They brought it back briefly in the 90s, though!

[–] Peaty 2 points 1 year ago

They did and I thought it was new back then but I was wrong.

It's like "bet" in that I thought that was also newer when it came back until I watched Eddie Murphy hosting SNL for the first time and he used it in the monologue.

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