Timeline for What is the origin of "cool beans"?
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| Dec 15, 2023 at 17:15 | comment | added | Lambie | Well, oeuf corse is better in this sense. [say it out loud, folks, think French). | |
| Dec 15, 2023 at 16:27 | answer | added | Ken Liss | timeline score: 2 | |
| Dec 14, 2023 at 1:50 | history | protected | CommunityBot | ||
| Jan 4, 2021 at 23:26 | comment | added | christiaantober | The captured German in the film “Saving Private Ryan” says “cool beans” when trying to convince the American soldiers how much he loves America. So if that’s anything to go by then its been around since at least 1944. | |
| Jun 15, 2020 at 7:40 | history | edited | CommunityBot |
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| Jul 16, 2019 at 0:39 | comment | added | Hot Licks | I've read it a few times and assumed it was some sort of Beatnik expression. "Cool", of course, is a well-known Beatnik term, but what is meant by "beans" in this context is unclear (Urban Dictionary gives several likely meanings). | |
| Jul 16, 2019 at 0:08 | answer | added | Tommiegirl | timeline score: 3 | |
| May 11, 2019 at 1:17 | answer | added | Laurel♦ | timeline score: 5 | |
| May 11, 2019 at 0:58 | comment | added | choster | I don't know why the idea that it originated with Cheech & Chong persists, but the word "beans" does not actually appear in any of the transcripts. caption files, or screenplays I have found online. | |
| May 11, 2019 at 0:33 | history | asked | April Salutes Monica C. | CC BY-SA 4.0 |