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在挪威，texas不只是德克萨斯

Its first usage dates back to 1957, when it appeared in a novel by Vegard Vigerust called The Boy who wanted to buy Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation. The author writes "he would make it even more texas in the village?".

1957年，挪威小说家维吉尔斯特在《男孩》(The Boy )一书中首次使用了这个词，书中的男孩想要买下挪威广播公司，他在书中写道，“他会把整个村弄得更加“texas吗?。

Nowadays, the word is widespread all overNorway. It's frequently used in the phrase "helt texas" [completely crazy], which has appeared in Norwegian newspapers 50 times this year, he says.

现在，这个词在挪威各地广泛使用。它常见于短语“helt texas(完全疯狂)中，埃米斯表示，今年这个词已经在挪威的报纸上出现50余次了。

It's often used negatively, but not always. "It could be a party out of control, a class out of control, or traffic. It could also be used by someone who had sold many products," he says.

它常见于负面含义，但不总是如此。埃米斯说：“它可以指场面混乱的派对、失控的课堂或混乱的交通。而它也可用于描述销售人员业绩长虹。

Gusfre Ims says this language phenomenon - metonymy, where a thing or concept is called not by its own name, but by another name which is associated with it - is pretty common in Norway, and language generally.