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What i wanna have explained is what "extra legal action" means. Here is the context:
The guy was reading from a text:
The CIA has long used proxy forces to carry out extra le...
Then he comments on what he just read:
Extra legal action! im not comitting a crime, im comitting extra legal action, I love it!
There is a word, i love it, there it is, thats awesome word.
im not comitting a crime, fucking no, im comitting extra legal action!
Then he burst out into BIG LAUGHTER :D
It was so funny to hear this, but man i tried google it, and go urban dictionary, just nothing.
Extra legal action - just take a thought about it and think about how stupid it sound.
+ Show Spoiler +But you know what. This terminology is loony already but it doesnt end here. Lets take the lunatic to the next level: Dude here comes the blow:
an extraordinary, extra-legal action was taking place
http://www.poliblogger.com/?p=16272I found this last quote using google, and i dont know what that page is about anyway, just if you wondered..
Hahahahaha!!!! like wtf!
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it's an action that goes beyond what's legal. in other words, an euphemism for illegal activities.
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Yes, the prefix extra- means outside or beyond, like extraterrestrial.
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It's not very commonly used... and in that context it sounds really weird... which is why the guy bursts out laughing.
Extra can mean more, like extra tasty... but it can also mean beyond like Brood said...extra-ordinary and the like
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Austin10831 Posts
On September 29 2010 05:07 meeple wrote:It's not very commonly used... and in that context it sounds really weird... which is why the guy bursts out laughing. Extra can mean more, like extra tasty... but it can also mean beyond like Brood said...extra-ordinary and the like
I think the reason he burst out laughing is probably because it's such a ridiculous euphemism. It would be like someone saying, "I'm not gay, I just participate in extraheterosexual activities."
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On September 29 2010 05:07 meeple wrote:It's not very commonly used... and in that context it sounds really weird... which is why the guy bursts out laughing. Extra can mean more, like extra tasty... but it can also mean beyond like Brood said...extra-ordinary and the like
Yeah, extra the word can mean more or very. Extra the affix can mean beyond or outside. I could understand how that would be confusing to a non-native speaker like the OP.
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On September 29 2010 05:27 Kishkumen wrote:Show nested quote +On September 29 2010 05:07 meeple wrote:It's not very commonly used... and in that context it sounds really weird... which is why the guy bursts out laughing. Extra can mean more, like extra tasty... but it can also mean beyond like Brood said...extra-ordinary and the like Yeah, extra the word can mean more or very. Extra the affix can mean beyond or outside. I could understand how that would be confusing to a non-native speaker like the OP.
Yeah but the reader in OP is native english speaking aswell o.0
Also this
"I'm not gay, I just participate in extraheterosexual activities."
Was a pretty hilarious read aswell, thx =)
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ot can someone explain the difference between extra, intra and inter?
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On September 29 2010 06:47 hifriend wrote:
ot can someone explain the difference between extra, intra and inter?
extra - external
inter - internal
intra - between/among
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On September 29 2010 06:52 floor exercise wrote:Show nested quote +On September 29 2010 06:47 hifriend wrote:
ot can someone explain the difference between extra, intra and inter? extra - external inter =internal intra = between/among
thanks
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