cool story bro

alternative cool story, bro

1. InternetcolloquialUsed to dismiss a comment perceived as boring or pointless, or refute an anecdote that one considers difficult to believe.

   “Hey, Eddie. I gotta ask you. I see these T-Shirts, too, they say ‘Cool Story, Bro.’ What's that mean?” “If someone tells you a shitty story, then you respond ironically, ‘Cool story, bro,’ to their really not cool story.” “Cool story, bro,” he said with a smile. “Loser,” I said as I pushed him.

   2016, Eddie Huang, Double Cup Love: On the Trail of Family, Food, and Broken Hearts in China, Spiegel & Grau, →ISBN, page 155

   Synonyms: and then everyone on the bus clapped