before it was cool

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USUKAustraliaWorldwideinformalcolloquialslang
- To have adopted, liked, practiced, or supported something prior to its becoming widely popular, fashionable, or mainstream.
- To claim status as an early adopter or to assert authenticity by emphasizing prior interest in something now fashionable.
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USUKWorldwideinformalironic
- Used jocularly or ironically to emphasize that one was involved with or aware of something long before others, often to imply superior taste or foresight.

Examples:

EN: - Yeah, but I started before it was cool.
ES: - Sí. Empecé antes de que fuera la moda.
EN: I was hating Zoidberg before it was cool.
ES: Yo odiaba a Zoidberg antes que sea cool odiarlo!
ES: Yo odiaba a Zoidberg antes que sea cool odiarlo!
EN: And I was into recycling way before it was cool.
ES: Y yo ya trabajaba en el reciclaje mucho antes de crecer.
EN: Ournextpresenterwas occupying wall street before it was cool.
ES: Nuestro próximo presentador estaba ocupando Wall Street antes de ser guay.
EN: He got into goth before it was cool and continued on long after it was cool.
ES: Se hizo gótico antes de que estuviera de moda y lo siguió siendo mucho después de que se pasara de moda.
EN: She's been doing that to me since before it was cool.
ES: Me lo lleva haciendo desde antes de que molara.
EN: I've been a Parrot Head since before it was cool.
ES: Soy fan suyo desde antes de que eso molara.
EN: Because he drank it way before it was cool.
ES: Porque lo bebió antes de que fuera cool.
EN: I am trying to make Amy a historically accurate Little House on the Prairie dinner for her birthday, and... I want to be able to say I was reading it before it was cool.
ES: Quiero prepararle a Amy una cena con una ambientación exactamente igual que en la casa de la pradera para su aniversario y... porque quiero poder decir que lo leí antes de que se pusiera de moda.
EN: I didn't like him before it was cool not to like him.
ES: Lo odiaba antes que estuviese de moda odiarlo.
EN: way before it was cool. - Well, I own it on a special green vinyl.
ES: Pues yo lo tengo en una edición especial en disco vinilo verde.
EN: And that was before it was cool.
ES: Y eso fue antes de que fuera guay.
EN: Now, if your kids are looking at you right now like, "That's not Tom Hiddleston," just tell them I was Loki in the '90s, before it was cool.
ES: Si sus hijos están mirando esto y dicen: "Ese no es Tom Hiddleston", díganles que yo fui Loki en los '90 antes de que fuera genial.
EN: I was for Lisa before it was cool.
ES: Yo estaba con Lisa antes de que fuera genial.
EN: I was quarantining before it was cool.
ES: Estaba en cuarentena antes de que hiciera frío.

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