Being cool is hard. And understanding what it means to be cool is also hard. A fair amount of psychological research in the last decades has been devoted to analyzing what it means to be cool. A very ...
Readers respond to an article by Elle Hunt and share their own definitions of coolness What a lovely piece by Elle Hunt (Can I learn to be cool – even though I am garrulous, swotty and wear no-show ...
Even when we manage to squeeze in a workout on a busy day, the majority of us skip the cooldown when we are pressed for time (which, let's be honest, is pretty much always). We're all guilty of ...
Everyone wants to be liked and accepted by other people — it's part of what makes us human, after all. But we may find that there are certain "cool" people who are able to attract anyone they want ...
It's time to take another trip down memory lane and dive into one of my favorite co-ed groups of first-generation K-pop, COOL! Cool was pretty much the icon of summer, and every song they released ...
From Chile to China, cultures vary greatly around the globe, but people in at least a dozen countries agree about what it means to be cool, according to research published by the American ...
“Cool” people across the world tend to have these six personality traits in common. “Am I cool?” is a question we’ve all probably asked ourselves at some point. Or, we may have wondered, “Do they like ...
On a cloudy, rainy day, find this track: Miles Davis, Kind of Blue. Pour yourself a Dalwhinnie 15 (Single Malt Scotch, 1 cube of distilled ice). Do this alone. You’re close to being . . . cool. You ...
In Straight From the Fridge, Dad, an authoritative dictionary of slang published in 2009, Max Décharné defines "cool" as "in the know, A-OK, hep", and "unworried, calm ... relaxed". The musician and ...