Wild, outrageous, and gloriously over the top: In honour of leap day, a look at what it means to be ‘extra’

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They are — and this is a critical element — unapologetic. An extra person knows they are being extra. And they don’t care if you mind

“It’s 10:30, it’s time to wake up!” yells Adam Sandler, as desperate New York jeweller Howard Ratner, to his idle, lollygagging mistress Julia, supine beneath the covers of Howard’s queen-sized bed, in last year’s acclaimed movie Uncut Gems.

My OED lists “extra” as “additional; more than is usual or necessary or expected,” as well as in the form of noun, meaning “an extra thing.” We typically think of “extra” as some kind of surplus, especially where something is included to add value, such as the toppings on a pizza or the special supplements on a DVD. In its slang form, the term applies almost exclusively to people — their behaviour, style of dress, overall attitude or character.

So what does extra actually look like? It varies. It might be applying a charcoal face mask and sipping a glass of champagne while taking a bubble bath. It might be going to McDonalds to order a half-dozen McFlurries at three in the morning while wearing six-inch stilettos and the tiara you wore to your high school prom. Getting up on the table to sing “Total Eclipse of the Heart” at karaoke is extra.

 

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