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> "Insane" doesn't do it justice. We need new words. Norwegian has another US-inspired term for crazy: "Helt Texas" ("completely Texas") [1] (Though to be fai
by vidarh 3y ago
> "Insane" doesn't do it justice. We need new words.
Norwegian has another US-inspired term for crazy: "Helt Texas" ("completely Texas") [1]
(Though to be fair, that is mostly used for a hyperbolic allusion to the Hollywood version of the wild west, and translating it as something being "wild west" would perhaps better carry the meaning, but I still find it funny)
[1] https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2015/10/26/how-texas-became-norwegian-for-crazy/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2015/10/2...