What is Surreal?
1.
Having a dreamlike quality.
"Giraffes and wildebeest were recently sighted attempting to gain entry to a prototype cylindrical toaster left to dry on the roof of Prof. Marleson's New York apartment."
2.
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 .
3.
The way ghetto people pronounce "Cereal."
"Momma, why can't I eat Kraft Mac N' Cheese for breakfast?"
"Shut your mouf, D'Quayshius and eat yo surreal."
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4.
A popular UK based IRC Server,
lets go on surreal and have a laugh and call random people
twat
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5.
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
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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.
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