"terminally" = utterly; extraordinarily

[Victor]

I forgot "terminally vicious", "terminally boring", "terminally ugly"
(also in the Urban Dictionary), "terminally beautiful" and "terminally
pretty"--the latter, of course, courtesy of the Eagles (and the
subsequent 1.6 million Google raw hits). The latter two have an
additional benefit of being synonyms for "drop-dead gorgeous" ;-)

There are even over 3000 ghit for "terminally cranky". On the other
hand, I am wondering if the meaning of "terminally" in these cases may
not be closer to "forever" rather than "utterly". At least, that would
explain the use.

OK... I now have real work to do...

    VS-)

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