Who Invented Cool ?

[Twilight Hue]

Sometimes it takes a gang to be Kool.

 

[Massimo2002]

Reason.

"Lovers and madmen have such seething brains,
Such shaping fantasies, that apprehend
More than cool reason ever comprehends." ~ William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night's Dream

Actually, prior to this, Geoffrey Chaucer, 1340-1400 CE, (per the English Oxford Dictionary) used the term to describe someone's wit.

How Did Cool Become Such a Big Deal?

www.neh.gov

Thanks for this informative epic answer.

 

[MelancholicPotatoChip]

Antarctica

I misspelled it..I think..doesn't look right.

 

[The Hammer]

Fire!

Or maybe a nice bead shell necklace.

 

[RestlessSoul]

What was the first thing or person considered cool ?

Miles Davis. Miles is the Alpha and the Omega of cool.

 

[Tomef]

What was the first thing or person considered cool ?

Paul Newman? The first Toga party? Maybe Sophocles introducing more characters not in the chorus. Or Ugg finding a particularly cool bone one day, and having it remarked on in the cave.

 

[ChristineM]

 

[Viker]

What was the first thing or person considered cool ?

Ötzi.

 

[Stonetree]

What was the first thing or person consiaindered cool ?

The first cool person has been replaced over and over again, now you're cool, especially in Forums predominately middle-aged.