A fork of Rural Dictionary
Popular usage has transformed the word "surreal" into litle more than a synonym for "weird", and so rendered it useless. I'll use "surrealistic" if a film (or any work of art) exhibits mannered mimicking of superficial aspects of the visual style of the original Surrealists between the wars (commonly, cribs from Dali, Magritte, Chirico, Bunuel or Cocteau). In all other cases I prefer more specific terms, like "dreamlike", "Nightmarish" or "Bunuelesque". I'd reserve "surrealist" for the output of members of recognized Surrealist groups.
Everything is so surreal.
a word so-many people who want to sound smart through around like a rag-doll
surreal actually means having an oddly dreamlike quality but tell that to every carriebien travel commercial EVER
when both your parents and the parents of a hot girl say its okay that your parents arent hoem when she comes over for a long time.
Betty is coming over later and no parents will be home. Its so surreal.
Surreal: Surreal defines something that is on the brink of being unexplainable. Something Surreal, or Surrealism, is what makes things in life different. It makes things stand out. It makes you think, “Is that possible?” Something surreal cannot be, or can almost not be, described.
Dude… Your painting looks so surreal. Its like fake but real…
1. Happenings that when intersected into one's own sphere of reality, strike oneself as surreal or fantastic. 2. A group's consensus reality as it appears to a non-involved individual or group, especially if profound differences exist between the two parties.
1. Meg's conversation with the Amway representative gave her a view into the surreality of vertical marketing schemes. 2. Upon their first visit to the countryside, many urban-dwelling folk are amazed at the archaic surreality still embodied in rural America.