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Anonymous Posted 19 years ago
Vocabulary

"far out"

0Hello Everyone,02br
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00I´ve heard an expression in some american movies lately.I´ve searched it on line and dictionary and I don´t get to find it out.I suppose it must be slang or informal expression.It´s "far out". The last time,I got to heard it,was in the movie "Little miss sunshine".02br
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0Interesting, I watched that movie last night and never noticed hearing it.02br
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00It's old slang - from the 1960s - it means a bunch of things, but "Kewl!" would be the modern equivalent. Or just "that's great!"0-
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0 There's another meaning to it:02br
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01b00far-out02b02br
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00 Function: 01i00adjective02i02br
00 Etymology: 01i00far out02i00 (adverbial phrase), from Middle English 01i00fer oute02i00, from 01i00fer02i00 far + 01
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0 00Some thesaurus synonyms for 'far-out' as 'unconventional' are:02br
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00Also, from 05402br
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01b00far-out02b00 00(STRANGE)02br
00adjective00 00SLANG02br
00strange and unusual:02br
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0Hi again,02br
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00I´m the message´s first author but I had a little problem with the computer.02br
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00I really don´t know which option is more suitable in this case.If I had to choose one of them,I would choose the first one. (STRANGE)0-
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0Who said it? The grandfather? Do you remember the context?0-
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0It said the uncle (played by Steve Carrel) who had tried to kill himself.0-
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0Picture the scene:02br
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00The son doesn´t want to speak until his mother permit him enrolls on pilot´s school.Besides He often reads about the german 00 philosopher Nietzsche.02br
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00When his uncle find it out says "far out".02br
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00Thanks.0-
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0 Yup - My original thought: Oh, cool! 0-

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