Entry · catalog no. 8473
extra
/ — /pending
adjective · nationwide · 2026
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1.
Over the top; doing far too much; excessive or dramatic in a way that draws attention.
“She brought a whole speaker to the picnic? She's so extra.”
Origin & Attribution
African American Vernacular English, in use by the early 2000s and spread widely on Black Twitter before crossing into the mainstream. Often filed as Gen Z slang despite its AAVE roots.
Region of origin
West
Midwest
N.East
South
Nationwide / diaspora
nationwide · 2026
Spoken by
nationwide
$EXTRAThe Record · cultural traction
▲ Rising0 yrs
ahead of the mainstream
12/100
peak cultural energy
Introduced to English by the culture — logged here before the mainstream caught on.
Cultural usage — the recordMainstream search interest
First used
2026
in the culture
Recorded here
2026
point of first record
Cultural energy indexed from documented usage, search interest, and citation frequency. The recorded date is the archive’s permanent point of record.
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Citations & Sources
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Urban Dictionary — earliest documented entry · 2003
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+ Cite a sourceBlack Twitter — documented usage · 2000s–2010s
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