coolio
(slang) Cool; awesome; all right.
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Now playing on 91.3 Ayclt FM HD3: Gangsta's Paradise by Coolio, L.V.! Tune in now: https://radio.913aycltfm.com/listen/91.3_ayclt_fm_hd3/bluesky
Coolio! This mistletoe is mistletoe.
😆 Two of Al’s that I like more than the songs they’re parodying: “Yoda” (Lola, The Kinks) “Amish Paradise” (take your pick: Coolio’s Gangsta Paradise, or Stevie Wonder’s Pastime Paradise)
Definitions
(slang) Cool; awesome; all right.
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]
“Now playing on 91.3 Ayclt FM HD3: Gangsta's Paradise by Coolio, L.V.! Tune in now: https://radio.913aycltfm.com/listen/91.3_ayclt_fm_hd3/bluesky”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Coolio! This mistletoe is mistletoe.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“😆 Two of Al’s that I like more than the songs they’re parodying: “Yoda” (Lola, The Kinks) “Amish Paradise” (take your pick: Coolio’s Gangsta Paradise, or Stevie Wonder’s Pastime Paradise)”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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