The term has been in use since the 1940s, pretty much as soon as it was sensible to think about making something that can go that fast. Does your modern percep

The term has been in use since the 1940s, pretty much as soon as it was sensible to think about making something that can go that fast. Does your modern perception of "hyper" being a cool word reflect how the word was perceived 80 years ago, or does your perception of the word being cool come from the way the word has since been used to describe such extreme things? Maybe it was considered cool back then, but I wouldn't be sure of that. Maybe it was just an obscure latin term nerds used. I guess you could search comic book archives for clues. In any case, really fast things are cool, but only figuratively speaking.