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.

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