20% cooler

phrase

Used playfully or sarcastically to mock unhelpful creative feedback, critiquing without giving any specifics.

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Meanings

phrase

alternative it needs to be 20% cooler · alternative it needs to be about 20% cooler

  1. lifestyleUsed playfully or sarcastically to mock unhelpful creative feedback, critiquing without giving any specifics.
  2. lifestyleUsed to describe something that needs to be cooler, suggesting that it lacks the sufficient coolness.

Origin

From the 2011 episode Suited for Success, the fourteenth episode of the first season of the animated series My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic, in which Rainbow Dash says “It needs to be about 20% cooler,” vaguely critiquing one of Rarity's dress designs.

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APA

20% cooler. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/20%25%20cooler

MLA

“20% cooler.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/20%25%20cooler. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “20% cooler,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/20%25%20cooler.

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