the most contradicting word in the english language. people use
extraordinary as something thats amazing or special in some way.
but if there's ordinary and extraordinary. EXTRA-ORDINARY. if
somethings extra ordinary then its just more ordinary than other
things. how does that make is special in any way other than the
fact that its more plain and boring than everything else. theres
no such things as extraordinary. by skjghskflgh August 13, 2007
(1) a very special thing (2) something ordinary with something
extra oh! this is EXTRAORDINARY! by anonymous December 02, 2004
Extraordinary does actually make sense if you educate yourself a
little bit. It does not mean more ordinary, people seem to think
this because "extra" usually means more when used alone.
However, "ex", the Latin prefix used in extraordinary, means
"out of". So word means "out of the ordinary," and now
everything makes sense. Also, extra, when used in Latin meant
beyond, so again the word would mean "beyond ordinary." Make
sense?  Take extraterr