ExtraSomeone who is over the top for completely unnecessary reasons. They will go out of their way to prove this
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Example"Mary why do you have two bags of cough drops even though you're not sick, you're so extra."
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Extra EtymologyIn 2003 an anonymous post defined extra as "Over the top; excessive, dramatic behavior; way too much." On January 28, 2017 user "Performingfartist" described it as "Doing the absolute most. For no reason."
In 2015 it began to make an appearance on lists of new slang, accompanied by terms like "slay", "squad", "thirsty", and "on fleek". While most of these words have gone away, extra is here to stay. |
OriginThe word extra is derived from the French word "extra" in the mid 17th century. At the time it meant "a shortened from of extraordinary"
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