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Coolio vs Coolie - What's the difference?

coolio | coolie |

As an adjective coolio

is (slang) cool; awesome; alright.

As a noun coolie is

(offensive|slang) an unskilled asian worker, usually of chinese or indian descent; a labourer; a porter coolies were frequently transported to other countries in the 19th and early 20th centuries as indentured labourers.

coolio

English

Adjective

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  • (slang) cool; awesome; alright.
  • * 2003 -- Robert Franek, Princeton Review (Firm), Princeton Review Publishing Staff: The Best Western Colleges: 121 Great Schools to Consider [http://books.google.com/books?q=%22we%27re+all+just+coolio%22]
    • But maybe it's the just the sunny weather that puts everyone in such a good mood: "We're all just coolio at U of A!" boasts one enthusiast.

    coolie

    English

    (wikipedia coolie)

    Alternative forms

    * cooly, kuli, quli, koelie, etc.

    Noun

    (coolies)
  • (offensive, slang) An unskilled Asian worker, usually of Chinese or Indian descent; a labourer; a porter. Coolies were frequently transported to other countries in the 19th and early 20th centuries as indentured labourers.
  • A person of Indian descent.

    • Derived terms

    * coolie orange

    References

    * Yule, Henry and Burnell, A. C. (1886): Hobson-Jobson The Anglo-Indian Dictionary . Reprint: Ware, Hertfordshire. Wordsworth Editions Limited. 1996. * Le grand dictionnaire Ricci de la langue chinoise , (2001), Vol. III, p. 833. English terms derived from Hindi English terms derived from Urdu