Name: The Story of Cool @arikaokrent2490
Uploaded: 2018-03-01T01:29:31-0400
Duration: 8 min 17 s
Description: It’s hep, it’s groovy, it’s outta sight. It’s the word “cool.” Unlike those other words, it doesn’t sound dated at all. Slang hardly ever manages that trick. How did “cool” stay cool? Produced for Mental Floss

Words That Have Lost Their Better Halves @arikaokrent2490

Uploaded June 2016 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago

How come some words only have a grumpy, negative version? Here are a few that used to have happier counterparts, but we stopped using them. Produced for Mental Floss

Words That Have Lost Their Better Halves

Fancier Words for the Shapes in Your World

Negative Words That Turned Into Positive Words