Citations:extra

English citations of extra

Adjective: "(slang) over the top; going beyond what is normal or appropriate, often in a dramatic manner"

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• 2015, Taylor Horan, "Just Celebrity Things: Holiday Edition", The CHAT (Pembroke Pines Charter High School), December 2015, page 20:

  Sophomore Brianna Adan said, "I think that [the trees] are so extra and over the top. However, I cannot lie. I love to look at them because they always look breathtaking. They always get me in the Christmas spirit."

• 2016, Kendra Akers, "He's So Extra. (It's A Good Thing.)", Style, November 2016, page 15:

  He was spouting out, using hand gestures, and just being over-the-top obnoxious. The more they laughed at him, the more he elevated the show. During all of the commotion, our youngest daughter Brooke, who is 19, yells out, "OMG, Dad, you are so EXTRA."

• 2017, Yael Livnch, "Whole Foods", in "Get The Inside Soup: Staffers Review Local Soup Stops", 3 February 2017, page 23:

  I highly recommend getting some more bread on the side—they offer small loaves and soup crackers for free, but I'm so extra, I bought my own loaf.

• 2017, Vicky Zhu, "Epic Ride", The Locksmith (Stuyvesant High School Key Club), May/June 2017, page 68:

  […] and his bike decorated with flags, pictures, and bright colors (read: totally extra).

• 2017 November 7, Aja Romano, “The unlikely breakout star of Stranger Things 2 is unlikelier babysitter Steve Harrington”, in Vox‎^[1]:

  In the first season of Stranger Things, no character was more extra than Steve Harrington — Nancy Wheeler’s frequently possessive, largely confused, often douchey boyfriend. Though he eventually got with the program and helped fight some monsters, he wasn’t exactly what you’d call the pick of the litter.

• 2017, Claire Craig, "#Instabeauty", Northern Woman, November 2017, page 48:

  Shattered glass, pierced, bejewelled, chromed and glittered - nails are going totally extra on Insta at the minute and we approve.

• 2018, Deidra Massey, "Where's The Beef?", AllNite Communications, Volume 22, 22 January 2018, page 26:

  Yes, that is correct…. no more meat, or fish….or if you want to be totally extra…. no dairy!

• 2018, Blake Lively, quoted in Juan Rebenaque, "Blake Lively", The Showroom, Issue 26 (2018), page 31:

  You look at a Bette Davis thriller—I'm not likening myself to Bette Davis; I'm saying I'm a fan of [her]— but the characters are so extra that it just is delightful and delicious.

• 2018, "Fresh Pop", The Field Guide, Fall 2018, page 4:

  Go beyond the basic cheeseboard with tasteful one-offs like chèvre, young feta and fromage blanc (so extra).

• 2018, Noelle Huser, "Halloween state of mind", Montana Kaimin (The University of Montana), 31 October - 6 November 2018, page 14:

  "[The costumes are] so extra, with sequins and fucking glitter and rhinestones," said Haldi.

• 2018, Nahed Kazziha, "Bootleggers", Identity Magazine, December 2018, page 21:

  Links and chains are so extra they will have heads spinning.

• 2019, "Bridal Hair Trends 2019", SalonNV, Spring 2019, 67:

  Sleek roots contrast with twists piled high on the head, for a statement look that is totally extra.

• 2019, Christina Campodonico, "Tonight's Liquid Horoscope", The Argonaut, October 31 2019, page 23:

  You can cast self-restraint to the wind and live it up with the decadent and totally extra (as my peer group would say) Scorpio Bowl — a playful astrological twist on the classic Scorpion Bowl tiki punch popularized by Trader Vic's.

• 2019, Michelle Spottswood, quoted in Kirby Myers, "Does Christmas in your house start before or after Thanksgiving", Key West Weekly, 21 November 2019, page 7:

  Two months of Christmas trees, Christmas movies and Christmas music brings so much fun to our home, we are so extra with it!

• 2021, Robert Kolker, "Who Is the Bad Art Friend?", New York Times Magazine, Oct. 5, 2021:

  There is a sunny earnestness to Dawn Dorland, an un-self-conscious openness that endears her to some people and that others have found to be a little extra.