Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

rule of cool

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.73 in modern English

Syllables: rule of -cool
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The principle that anything is acceptable to do, use, wear, etc. just as long as it is cool.

Example Sentences

"They found Xinyi Du at the apex of the DUAL Core, a massive quantum computer which plunged away below them where a series of catwalks and maintenance accesses buzzed with drones and shone with dozens of blinking indicators. It was spinning; Wettle had never understood what practical reason a computer might have to spin, but perhaps it wasn't practical at all. Most of the Foundation's best scientists succumbed to some extent to the siren song of the rule of cool."

Questions

What does rule of cool mean?: The principle that anything is acceptable to do, use, wear, etc. just as long as it is cool.

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