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There have historically been many slang words used to mean a similar thing to "yes/positive/nice" such as 'dope, sick, uber, gnarly', yet none have aged as well as the word 'cool'. What caused this term to become so accepted as an alternative to good to be written in some dictionaries as such?

by /u/alfatems in /r/AskHistorians

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