Thanks for the birthday wishes! It's been a good day so far. Up way too early (3:20 am...yes, you read that right) so I could take my speech team to the state tournament. We are a small team, but they did well and I'm proud of them.
Now, I'm fixin' to go to a movie and have supper cooked for me. Yay!
That is, if you Americans are still using cool as it was in the early 90s. 
My students often say "raw".
	
 
		
		
Emmett also says, "Beast mode," the opposite of which is apparently "Garb."
Example: Eminem is TOTAL beast mode, but Green Day is garb.*
 *I do not endorse this opinion, I merely report it. 
	
 
		
		
Oh, yeah. My kids use "beast" as well for something that is good. "Garb" is a new one to me.
	
 
		
		
Example: Eminem is TOTAL beast mode, but Green Day is garb.*
What? Emmett is totally garb.
	
 
		
		
My students still say cool.
	
 
		
		
I hope cool is still cool.
	
 
		
		
I should add that I have never heard them say raw, beast, or garb, and I suspect they'd make fun of anyone who did. Maybe it's an LA thing?
	
 
		
		
I  think  cool  has moved  out of  slang and is just a part of casual  speech now.  
Beer  bread with TJ pumpkin butter .  Two  thumbs up.  Or eight if  you  want to count  very  one at  breakfast today.  ditto  lemon  bread. 
	
 
		
		
Also, Happy Birthday to ChiKat and belated happies to Jessica and Hil!