What does "half-out" in this sentence mean?
I came across an expression when I was watching Tiger King today. The person goes...

"Animal people are nuts, man. And I might be one of them people, I don't know, but they're all half-out there, man. They're crazy."

What does "half-out" mean? I guess it has something to do with being crazy/insane but I don't know the exact meaning :(.

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What does "half-out" in this sentence mean?
I came across an expression when I was watching Tiger King today. The person goes...

"Animal people are nuts, man. And I might be one of them people, I don't know, but they're all half-out there, man. They're crazy."

What does "half-out" mean? I guess it has something to do with being crazy/insane but I don't know the exact meaning :(.

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"Out there" means: crazy, detached from reality, different from social norms

"Half out there" means somewhat crazy, kind of detached from reality, etc :)

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Now it makes sense! Thanks Michael :)

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It's perhaps easier to think of this as half  "out-there"  which, is an informal expression for strange or crazy 
https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/out-there
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/out_there

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