Supporting the communication, language, and literacy development of children with complex communication needs: State of the science and future research priorities J Light, D McNaughton Assistive Technology 24 (1), 34-44, 2012
Cool beans is a curious phrase that uses nonsense to bring humor into a joyful exclamation. It originated in American pop culture during the late 1960s. Slang of this time is known to center around illogical phrasings of words, and cool beans is among the most durable lengthy late 60's era terms. It is used when referring to something with a positive connotation, for example, That party was cool beans..
Mon Aug 02, 2004 4:49 pm. Gentleman: I do not know if I am the first to coin the phase cool beans but it has been part of my speech since the early 70's. It came from a a variation of the cartoon phrase 'Holy Frijoles' which I altered to be cool beans.