far-out

far-out
adj
a.
extreme, eccentric, unconventional
b.
wonderful, remarkable. By extension from the first sense, usually as an exclamation in the approval of anything extraordinary.
► 'Marlene's entire range of expression was pretty much limited to "far out", "super" and "gross".'
(The Serial, Cyra McFadden, 1976) Both senses of the phrase, originally an Americanism, were beloved by hippies from the late 1960s, but far-out was sounding dated by about 1974.

Contemporary slang . 2014.

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