total, adj. — Green’s Dictionary of Slang

total adj.

(orig. US teen) a general intensifier; absolute, complete.

1958		W. Talsman Gaudy Image (1966) 180: Your bitterness is total, Denis.
1968		K. Brasselle Cannibals 25: Staring into his eyes, I had total cool again.
1977		C. McFadden Serial 109: I’ve got this total case of the munchies.
1985		E. Leonard Glitz 164: I thought maybe I was a total fuckup.
1996		J. Cameron It Was An Accident 143: Would you believe it, like a total plonker I fell sound asleep.
2004		T. Winton ‘Boner McPharlin’s Moll’ in Turning (2005) 278: My parents were in a total funk.
2011		IOL News (Western Cape) 27 May 🌐 There was so much blood [...] that the prosecutor referred to [...] the crime scene as ‘a total mess’.
2012		J. Fagan Panopticon (2013) 181: I put on my star-shaped sunglasses [...] They are total quality.
2016		V. McDermid Out of Bounds (2017) 396: Nothing was ever Darren’s fault. Total Teflon boy. Nother ever stuck to him.

In compounds

total blowchoice (n.) [blow v.² (2b) + SE choice; i.e. it would be a wasted choice]

(US teen) something appealing but essentially irrelevant.

2003

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total lame-out (n.) [lame adj. (2)]

(US teen) that which is very stupid or tedious.

2003

Extra Point Opportunities on ‘SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY, Psych 312 Syllabus’ at Calif. State University, Bakersfield 🌐 For each question you write that’s not a total lame-out (like ‘What’s your instructor’s name?’), you can earn one point.