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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Cool beans comes from the 1960s or earlier.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They brought it back briefly in the 90s, though!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

They did and I thought it was new back then but I was wrong.

It's like "bet" in that I thought that was also newer when it came back until I watched Eddie Murphy hosting SNL for the first time and he used it in the monologue.