"kewl" meaning in All languages combined

See kewl on Wiktionary

Adjective [English]

IPA: /kuːl/, /kjuːl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-kewl.wav Forms: kewler [comparative], kewlest [superlative]
Rhymes: -uːl Etymology: Respelling of cool to represent a pronunciation with fronting of /u/ to [ʉ], which is characteristic of California English among other accents. Head templates: {{en-adj|er}} kewl (comparative kewler, superlative kewlest)
  1. (Internet slang) Nonstandard spelling of cool. Wikipedia link: California English Tags: Internet, alt-of, nonstandard Alternative form of: cool Derived forms: kewl beans
    Sense id: en-kewl-en-adj-Rbwb5N5j Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "kewler",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kewlest",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
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        }
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
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        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "kewl beans"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "1990, Dangerous AL, “Janes Addiction”, in alt.rock-n-roll.metal (Usenet):",
          "text": "Janes^([sic]) Addiction is some KEWL stuff.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
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        [
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        ]
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      ],
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      ],
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        "California English"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kuːl/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kjuːl/"
    },
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    },
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    }
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "kewler",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kewlest",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
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        "English internet slang",
        "English lemmas",
        "English nonstandard forms",
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        "Pages with entries",
        "Rhymes:English/uːl",
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  ],
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kjuːl/"
    },
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    },
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      "rhymes": "-uːl"
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  ],
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}

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