"coolio" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˈkulioʊ/ [General-American] Audio: En-au-coolio.ogg [Australia], En-us-coolio.oga [US]
Etymology: Etymology tree English cool English -i- Latin ō Old French ohbor. Middle English o English O English oh English -o English coolio From cool + -i- + -o. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|cool|-i-|-o|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree English cool English -i- Latin ō Old French ohbor. Middle English o English O English oh English -o English coolio [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "vocative", "children" : [ ], "status" : "missing", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "ō", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Old French", "term" : "oh", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "fro" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "o", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "O", "lang" : "en" }, { "id" : "surprise", "children" : [ ], "status" : "missing", "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "oh", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-o", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "coolio", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="coolio"> From cool + -i- + -o. Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} coolio (not comparable)
  1. (slang, African-American Vernacular, others) Cool; awesome; all right. Tags: not-comparable, slang
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