Cool
Cool noun - The absence of emotional involvement.
Nerve
Nerve noun - Shameless boldness.
Mutual synonyms
How words are described
Both words in one sentence
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For instance, Cool Cat has the nerve to sit there and tell his friends that for how to deal with cyber-bullying, one should just ignore it.
Source: Film / Cool Cat Saves The Kids -
Most recently Luke Rattigan in "The Poison Sky", who thinks the Sontarans killing people with his inventions is cool, but lacks the nerve to get his own hands dirty and ultimately sacrifices himself so the Doctor won't have to.
Source: Minion with an F in Evil -
They've got the "human" number of heads, arms, legs, and eyes, but they also have digitigrade legs, nerve cords coming out the backs of their heads, and skin (scales?) in a wide variety of cool colors.
Source: Humanoid Aliens
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