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[โ€“] CtrlAltDelight@lemmy.zip 3 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

I really really love the sentiment of this. Don't play it cool. But I also really really love how there are negative words that don't have a positive counterpart. I'm gruntled.

[โ€“] Sadbutdru@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 hour ago

It's from a French word, and the part that is being non-'d is ultimately from a Latin verb 'to get hot' ("Calere").

So is just a fancy way of saying coolly