extra

What it means

Over-the-top, excessive, or unnecessarily dramatic. Calling someone extra means they're doing way too much for the situation and being theatrical about it.

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Examples

• She brought a confetti cannon to a study session, so extra.
• Crying over a spilled coffee is a little extra, don't you think?
• He's being so extra about a tiny scratch on his car.
• Sorry if this is extra but I made a whole slideshow.

Where it comes from

An AAVE-rooted intensifier that took off on social media in the mid-2010s, capturing the idea of someone behaving as if there's 'extra' of them than the moment calls for.

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