ur-cool

English

Etymology

From 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, published 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, published 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 April 3, Melena Ryzik, “This Time, Jim Jarmusch Is Kissing Vampires”, in The New York Times:

     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 quotations using this term, see Citations:ur-cool.

Anagrams

• colour, courol