Is this correct?
That is a real cool answer.
I learned that that was incorrect, since "real" is an adjective which can describe a noun, e.g. "real answer" but it is not an adverb which can describe an adjective, "real cool". Instead you would have to say:
That is a really cool answer.
Since "really" is an adverb.
Best Answer
The Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English lists 'real' as an adverb also, but qualifies it as 'American English spoken'
Even Merriam-Webster's Online Dictionary has the following note for 'real as an adverb:
I, therefore, don't think it's incorrect to say something like "It is a real cool answer" in informal speech and writing! Here, 'real' is an intensifier, that is, an adverb qualifying an adjective!