too cool for school

adjective

Very cool (trendy, fashionable, etc.).

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Meanings

adjectivetoo cool for school (not comparable)
  1. idiomaticinformalnot comparableVery cool (trendy, fashionable, etc.).

    Too cool for school? Why some men keep wearing jeans – even in a heatwave [title]

    2026 June 26, Chloe Mac Donnell, “Too cool for school? Why some men keep wearing jeans – even in a heatwave”, in The Guardian, →ISSN
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    Firstable (the latest word for first of all, for those not too cool for school), the decline in teen users can be largely attributed to rival messaging apps and the public distrust of Facebook.

    2014 December 23, Quinten Plummer, “Teens Show Thumbs Up to Instagram but Thumbs Down to Facebook”, in Tech Times
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APA

too cool for school. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/too%20cool%20for%20school

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“too cool for school.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/too%20cool%20for%20school. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “too cool for school,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/too%20cool%20for%20school.

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