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And she ` s going to get it and she ` s asking for it which is fantastic, which is so different from the Britney situation and crisis.

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  1. adjective Quaint or strange in form, conception, or appearance.
  2. adjective Unrestrainedly fanciful; extravagant: fantastic hopes.
  3. adjective Bizarre, as in form or appearance; strange: fantastic attire; fantastic behavior.
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  • And she ` s going to get it and she ` s asking for it which is fantastic, which is so different from the Britney situation and crisis. —  CNN Transcript Feb 7, 2008
  • In 1992 Vicki, her husband and two young daughters moved to Christchurch, which she describes as a fantastic place to live with the mountains and skifields so close, the beach just 10 minutes drive from home and work a short bike ride away. —  ta tvnz national headlines auto group
  • SNOW: After the White House, President Bush wants to build what he calls a fantastic freedom institute in Dallas. —  CNN Transcript Sep 4, 2007
  • SNOW: After the White House, President Bush wants to build what he calls a fantastic freedom institute in Dallas, but first Draper says Mr. Bush told him he needs to replenish the old coffers, noting he can make what he calls ridiculous money on the lecture circuit saying I don't know what my dad gets but it's more than 50, 75. —  CNN Transcript Sep 3, 2007
  • The Eastwall Mountains are just beyond my village. " —  Dragons of Autumn Twilight
 

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  1. Middle English fantastik, imagined, from Old French fantastique, from Late Latin phantasticus, imaginary, from Greek phantastikos, able to create mental images, from phantazesthai, to appear; see fantasy.

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  1. Formerly also fantastick; from Old French fantastique, French fantastique, and abbreviation fantasque = Provencal fantastic = Spanish fantástico = Portuguese Italian fantastico (cf. German fantastisch = Danish Swedish fantastisk), from Late Latin phantasticus, Middle Latin also fantasticus, imaginary (Middle Latin also as a noun, a lunatic), from Greek φανταστικός, able to present or represent (to the mind) (το\φανταστικόν, the state of mind produced by unreal or imaginary objects), from φανταστός, verbal adjective of φαντάζειν, make visible, present or represent: see fantasy, fancy, phantasm.
 

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