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Wow, that's wicked cool :-)

Is there a particular group associated with it these days? Back in the day it was hot rodders who were talking about fast cars. I wonder what the linguistic definition of a colloquialism's lifetime is, or if there even is one.

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I say both wicked cool and booking it, FWIW. Mid-30s and not sure what group I might be associated with. I guess some people would call me a hipster maybe. Haven't owned a car yet.

> Back in the day it was hot rodders who were talking about fast cars.

I’m not sure where you’re from, but this is just simply not correct. I have never been in that group and I know lots of people who regularly use that phrase. It’s a fundamental colloquialism.

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