Cool
Cool adjective - Having or showing a lack of friendliness or interest in others.
Wound up
Wound up adjective - Brought to a state of great tension.
Both terms in one sentence
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Wound up gaining popularity until the community manager Bashiok actually labeled a part of his desk "Cool Shelf".
Source: Forced Meme - In Pulp Fiction, Vincent Vega's cool, collected, impossible-to-faze exterior hides the fact that he is a heroin-addled moron who would have wound up getting himself killed a long time ago if it wasn't for Jules being there to continually rescue him from his own gorked-out stupidity.
Source: Addled Addict -
In Cool Spot, an enemy in Stage 7, "Wound Up," can deflect Spot's attacks from the side when it spins.
Source: Spin to Deflect Stuff
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Wound up and Cool. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 16, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/cool/wound_up
Cool & Wound up. N.p., 2016. Web. 16 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/cool/wound_up>.
Wound up or Cool. 2016. Accessed August 16, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/cool/wound_up.
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