Helt Texas!
It’s been around since people started watching westerns back in the 1950’s; with their portrayals of lawlessness and gun fights, hence “completely Texas”.
The expression is “helt Texas” = totally Texas.
Texas refers to old Western movies, old cowboy movies seemed to look like they were made in Texas. So when we say something being totally Texas is like a saloon with drunks, hookers, poker players and then a fight breaks out or a fire fight. And the piano still plays.
So if a party goes out of hand, or it is a wild party, you might say the party is helt texas/totally Texas.
The expression has nothing to do with present day Texas.
Yes
“This party is totally Texas” (Denne festen er helt Texas) would be the literal translation of what a Norwegian would say if the party was totally batshit crazy.
Refers to the lawlessness of Texas in cowboy movies/cartoons.
Yes
No, I have at least never heard anyone ever use the word Texas that way.
As a Texan I am honored.
Yep.
Yes and as a Texan in Norway I absolutely love it.
I miss and love the laissez-faire attitude of Texas. Of course its far from perfect but it’s a sharp contrast with the Norwegian Nanny state.
I am from Croatia and we used that word also with the same meaning. Sometimes still do 🙂
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Yes.
Helt Texas!
It’s been around since people started watching westerns back in the 1950’s; with their portrayals of lawlessness and gun fights, hence “completely Texas”.
The expression is “helt Texas” = totally Texas.
Texas refers to old Western movies, old cowboy movies seemed to look like they were made in Texas. So when we say something being totally Texas is like a saloon with drunks, hookers, poker players and then a fight breaks out or a fire fight. And the piano still plays.
So if a party goes out of hand, or it is a wild party, you might say the party is helt texas/totally Texas.
The expression has nothing to do with present day Texas.
Yes
“This party is totally Texas” (Denne festen er helt Texas) would be the literal translation of what a Norwegian would say if the party was totally batshit crazy.
Refers to the lawlessness of Texas in cowboy movies/cartoons.
Yes
No, I have at least never heard anyone ever use the word Texas that way.
As a Texan I am honored.
Yep.
Yes and as a Texan in Norway I absolutely love it.
I miss and love the laissez-faire attitude of Texas. Of course its far from perfect but it’s a sharp contrast with the Norwegian Nanny state.
I am from Croatia and we used that word also with the same meaning. Sometimes still do 🙂