CULTURETECHLENSoff the hook
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Combined Graph record U-00685 · provenance: canonical master store (CSV), record CTL-W-0284. Master record source: CTL seed 2026-10-16 — UNVERIFIED, verify before public citation.
Green's Dictionary of Slang entry (fetched in full 2026-10-17): 'off the hook (also off the heezie, ...hizzy) 1. (US black/teen) used of something so good as to transcend description; 2. (US) completely unacceptable, crazy, out of control.' — Matches stored 'excellent, wild'. CONFLICT RESOLVED vs wave 12: wave-12 conflicts log said this sense was 'unattested above Urban-Dictionary grade' — Green's (published dictionary, tier 3) attests both senses; wave-12's clusters could not reach Green's for this item.
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Green's Dictionary of Slang entry (fetched in full 2026-10-17): 'off the hook (also off the heezie, ...hizzy) 1. (US black/teen) used of something so good as to transcend description; 2. (US) completely unacceptable, crazy, out of control.' — Matches stored 'excellent, wild'. CONFLICT RESOLVED vs wave 12: wave-12 conflicts log said this sense was 'unattested above Urban-Dictionary grade' — Green's (published dictionary, tier 3) attests both senses; wave-12's clusters could not reach Green's for this item.
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Green's Dictionary of Slang entry (fetched in full 2026-10-17): 'off the hook (also off the heezie, ...hizzy) 1. (US black/teen) used of something so good as to transcend description; 2. (US) completely unacceptable, crazy, out of control.' — Matches stored 'excellent, wild'. CONFLICT RESOLVED vs wave 12: wave-12 conflicts log said this sense was 'unattested above Urban-Dictionary grade' — Green's (published dictionary, tier 3) attests both senses; wave-12's clusters could not reach Green's for this item.
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