Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Very unconventional, unusual, or strange.

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  • adjective unusual, unconventional or strange
  • adjective US, slang out of the mainstream of society

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  • adjective informal terms; strikingly unconventional

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Examples

  • Frank's note: So in your view each center should have a slice of really way-out research? mike shupp

    Should NIAC be Revived? - NASA Watch 2009

  • We at We Are The Change believe it was a falsified terrorist attack, that the buildings came down with internally placed demolition. why do they have to go so far way-out??? why not just accuse bushco of ignoring the warnings (FACT), maybe even hoping for that “pearl harbor” event to push the neoCON agenda …? much more believable and palatable …

    Think Progress » GOP Rep. Jason Chaffetz agrees with concerns of 9/11 truthers: ‘There’s still a lot to learn.’ 2010

  • The result of this ideological child abuse is hardly surprising: a creepy weirdness, way-out notions, and poisonous historical perspectives.

    Matthew Wills: The 2010 Freak Show Matthew Wills 2010

  • Chartered to think about truly revolutionary, way-out space exploration devices and technologies, Mike Griffin needed to poach the group’s paltry $4 million annual budget to help absorb Return-to-Flight cost of the Space Shuttle and funding for Constellation-although $4 million wouldn’t cover much in the grand scheme of the Shuttle or Constellation budgets.

    NASA Watch: June 2009 Archives 2009

  • I got conservative indoctrination back in the 60s and early 70s; nowadays the kids get way-out nutjob indoctrination, but none of it is real education.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » Does Hayek Belong in High School Economics Classes? 2010

  • While he's governor, though, he can be treated the way you hate-filled, way-out, unChristian, wife-beating conservatives treat our president, namely call him every name in the book and if he denies anything he's a dirty liar.

    CNN Poll: Americans think Sanford should resign 2009

  • The result of this ideological child abuse is hardly surprising: a creepy weirdness, way-out notions, and poisonous historical perspectives.

    Matthew Wills: The 2010 Freak Show Matthew Wills 2010

  • The result of this ideological child abuse is hardly surprising: a creepy weirdness, way-out notions, and poisonous historical perspectives.

    Matthew Wills: The 2010 Freak Show Matthew Wills 2010

  • Courtesy Taschen The way-out menu at the Ebbtide, Los Angeles, 1959 Full disclosure: For four of the past 10 years, I have been a judge of restaurant graphics for the James Beard Foundation's annual design awards.

    Nice Spreads Chip Kidd 2011

  • Even if it causes him to have to make way-out hypotheses about the role of consciousness to make the model complete.

    Are Changes Brewing and How Does the Mind Fit In? 2008

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