cool cat
Effortlessly stylish person
A cool cat is a person who's stylish, relaxed, and admired—someone effortlessly hip.
The phrase emerged from mid-20th-century jazz culture, where cat meant a musician or enthusiast and cool conveyed laid-back sophistication.
It now sounds deliberately retro or playful: My uncle thinks he's a real cool cat with his vintage convertible.
- hipsterAggressively alternative person
- hepcatDated slang for jazz enthusiast
- bebopFast, complex jazz style
- jazzImprovisational American music genre
- beatnikFifties counterculture member
swagger · jive · swing · trendsetter · smooth operator · groovy · poise · Miles Davis · finger snaps · charisma · 1950s · stylish · slick · jazz club · individuality · suave · nonchalance · laid back
- retro slanggroovy, far out, the bee's knees, neato, hip
- American slangbamboozle, bogus, bunkum, conniption, discombobulate
- animal nicknamesking of the jungle, man's best friend, king of beasts, sly fox, busy bee
- Cat Lorefamiliar, familiars, nine lives, Bastet, werecat
- old-fashionedantique, antiques, gramophone, phonograph, horse and buggy
- pet memesdoggo, pupper, catto, floof, boop
cool catsquare
Rhombus with right angles
nerd · dork · dweeb · stiff · fuddy-duddy
cool cathothead
Impetuous, easily angered person
nervous wreck · try-hard · worrywart · spaz · basket case
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