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emotionally or mentally; something no longer functional. [From
the notion of a person not able to support himself physically.]
bastard noun 1. Used as a term of abuse, esp. for a man or
boy. E.g. Serve the cocky little bastard right. 2. A fellow, chap.
E.g. 'You're not a bad bastard. Hunter,' he said, 'in spite of your
lousy cooking'. 3. Something bad or annoying. E.g. This bastard of
a bump on the back of my head.
cool verb trans. 1. US To kill. E.g. He wasn’t killed in any
private fight…. He was cooled by an agent. 2. to cool it orig. US
To relax, calm down, take it easy. E.g. Cool it will you? I said
once a week, there is no need to go stark raving mad. 3. orig. US
Restrained, relaxed, unemotional, hence excellent, marvelous,
fashionable. E.g. They got long, sloppy haircuts and wide knot ties
and no-press suits with fat lapels. Very cool. noun 4. US A truce
between gangs. E.g. A 'cool' was negotiated by street club workers.
But it was an uneasy truce, often broken. 5. Composure,
relaxedness. E.g. Professor Marcus keeps his cool when sex is
being discussed; all the four-letter words are used without
blanching.
cooler noun orig US. A prison or prison cell. E.g. I am not at
a time of life when one enjoys being chucked in the cooler for
telling truths.
cop verb trans. 1. To capture, arrest. 2a. To receive, suffer
(something bad). E.g. Yes, it looked bad, it did. Looked as though
he might have copped one (1941). b: to cop it to get into trouble,
be punished; also, to die. E.g. Half of the beggars had copped it for
good and all. 3. to cop out to withdraw; to give up an attempt; also,
to go back on a promise. E.g. But Peacock … could hardly
cop out at that early stage and announce that advertising on the
BBC would be a bad thing. noun 4. A policeman, a 'copper'.E.g. A
police car with two cops in it cruised past very slowly. 5. Brit. A
capture or arrest. E.g. The young man ... glared round as if for
some means of escape.... 'It's a fair cop!' said the young man.