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2021-10-24 09:10
(the) wild and woolly (West) phrase
The western United States of America as personified in the 19th and early 20th centuries, when Americans expanded their territory westwards.
You can't imagine the beauty of the wild and woolly West.
I wish I could go back in time to admire the aesthetics of the wild and woolly West.
Rude, coarse, or unrefined in demeanor.
You are so wild and woolly in that suit! Change to another one.
Don't picture me! I look so wild and woolly after now.
Thrilling, wild, or out of control.
After a few fans started throwing snowballs, the concert became wild and woolly.
The game had a wild and woolly finale, with three goals scored in the last five minutes.
To cause great excitement or strong feelings; to be very exciting, popular, famous, renowned, etc.
Make someone or something fancier, more exciting or interesting
1. Specially vigorous, exciting, exhilarating, or successful.
2. Used to describe the characteristic of the stereotypes associated with cowboys or the Western genre of fiction.
Exceptionally good, fun, or exciting.
To be about sex and therefore likely to be unpleasant to someone.
The term dates from the late nineteenth century, popularized by a book title, Adair Welcker’s Tales of the “Wild and WoollyWest” (1891). A publisher’s note on the book said “wild and woolly” referred to the rough sheepskin coats worn by cowboys and farmers, but Franklin P. Adams said “wild, woolly and full of flies” was a cowboy’s expression for a genuine cowboy.
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