http://www.word-detective.com/2009/11/cool-beans/ Semper Ubi Sub Ubi Wed, 20 Mar 2013 19:32:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.word-detective.com/2009/11/cool-beans/comment-page-1/#comment-44153 sunbelt57 Sun, 14 Oct 2012 18:00:57 +0000 http://www.word-detective.com/?p=2115#comment-44153 I first heard "cool beans" during the dot com days and thought it was a reference to Java Beans: Beans in Java are reusable software components of the Java programming language. I first heard “cool beans” during the dot com days and thought it was a reference to Java Beans: Beans in Java are reusable software components of the Java programming language.

]]> http://www.word-detective.com/2009/11/cool-beans/comment-page-1/#comment-40574 Tami Sun, 17 Jun 2012 17:20:28 +0000 http://www.word-detective.com/?p=2115#comment-40574 2007 series of dr who / S4:E7 / episode # 48 / the dr's daughter / donna noble says to General Cobb; "Oi, oi, oi. All right. Cool the beans, Rambo!” - seemed to mean “Hold on!" I haven't found any references related to that phrase though Thanks.. Any info? 2007 series of dr who / S4:E7 / episode # 48 / the dr’s daughter / donna noble says to General Cobb; “Oi, oi, oi. All right. Cool the beans, Rambo!” – seemed to mean “Hold on!”
I haven’t found any references related to that phrase though Thanks.. Any info?

]]> http://www.word-detective.com/2009/11/cool-beans/comment-page-1/#comment-3396 Dave Khan Wed, 25 Nov 2009 17:59:20 +0000 http://www.word-detective.com/?p=2115#comment-3396 Huh. I always assumed "cool beans" was simply the logical complement, or ironic counterpoint, to the exclamation "hot dog!" When "hot dog" became uncool, I would think "cool beans" would be a logical new saying. You know, since hot dogs & beans go together so well. How wonderful that these two phrases should appear in the same issue of The Word Detective! Huh. I always assumed “cool beans” was simply the logical complement, or ironic counterpoint, to the exclamation “hot dog!” When “hot dog” became uncool, I would think “cool beans” would be a logical new saying. You know, since hot dogs & beans go together so well. How wonderful that these two phrases should appear in the same issue of The Word Detective!

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