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Word of the Day for Wednesday, April 15, 2009outré \oo-TRAY\, adjective: Unconventional; eccentric; bizarre. This seven-year-old house of outré culture is the kind of place you can shop for a sculpture made out of working flamethrowers, videocassettes of underground movies, computer-generated art or a cute robot The area is tamer than in its bohemian heyday, but the outré spirit survives. McCarthy cast herself as the rule breaker, the outré intellectual woman who emerged from an eccentric and rebellious past. Unless you head for Harajuku, the heart of hip, where being outré is a requirement. Harajuku is home to Raggedy Ann wannabes, Elvis impersonators and Japanese punks, all turned out to attract attention. Outré comes from French, from the past participle of outer, "to exaggerate, to go beyond," from Latin ultra, "beyond." | |||||||||
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