Reply #2: Thank you for the enjoyable word romp [View All]

Through history.

I am not sure Schultz is old enough to use any of it as an excuse - though some words change so quickly we older people can sometimes get away with it.

Like the word "Cool" went from meaning "responsible" - back in its native dialect from one of the African countries.

You had it together, and watched out for everyone - you were "cool." (Especially used in jazz circles - if you were pushing up the riff at the edges and moving it along but not overshadowing the other players, you were 'cool.'")

By the time my circle of friends and I were in high school, in the mid sixties -- any young person wanted to be called "cool."

Fast forward to the late eighties, and "cool" was derogatory, as in "Mom, you are so cool."