Swank is Jean Harlow in a bias-cut Madame Vionnet gown, trailing a velvet evening wrap behind her as she slinks towards you. Swank is light years beyond cool. That is the genius of swank and the LoT.

Well, I thought it was an entertaining read. I almost never take anything at Wiki at face value entirely (unless I've edited it ;) )

I thought it was funny that there was so much space devoted to it.

I was not swanky enough to know that the timeline was off by so much. So I guess it's time for subtraction of mojo.

The timeline's been edited out (you can still see it by going into the history of the page). I like the format, but the data's pretty stupid. Not only is it rather one-dimensional to consider HipHop and electronica the only forms of cool music left (someone hasn't seen the Coachella lineup), it rather narrowly defines music as the only cool-indicator in modern times. Lame.

I've been called an "Embarassment to Nature". My favorite one was "Mom, me and my friends know style. And you .... don't"

Ouch. I think that is something you need to remind her of down the road.

Snowflake, no removing of mojo! Obviously interesting as it has responses, no? :D

Egads, cool. What is cool. Someone I think is cool is someone who doesn't judge others on their coolness and interests, etc. That's cool.

Oh, or, that's hot? {insert TM}

Oh... the differences between hot and cool. Hot is more of an extreme, temperature-wise, so I always translated likewise. Once upon a time, I thought something being called "hot" was extremely out of the ordinary, something exciting... Thanks to Paris Hilton, and anyone else who overused the phrase, it now means... Lukewarm.

Cool is not having to worry about whether you're cool or not, and having the confidence to carry it off. That's cool.

Thank you, that explains the difference clearly. :snap:

Cool means never having to say you're sorry.

Or wait. Is that love? Or is that bull****?

"Love means having to say you're sorry every fifteen minutes."
- John Lennon

...and he was cool.

I think each generation defines what is "cool" for them. I remember a time when Barry Manilow was cool. And Maynard Ferguson. And Abba.

Things are a little different for our kids. We were raised by parents who didn't get rock and roll. Our kids share that with us. Erin is big into Queen, Bowie, and Tull, and is going through a big Beatles phase right now.

Still, fashions change, and there will always be something to make parents say, "What is up with that?"