"Way" in this sense means "far," as in "way beyond/far beyond." It does NOT mean "very." Therefore, idiocies like "way cool" are wrong, though probably not so much piracies as just illiteracy. Using "way" as a substitute for "far" allows the following usages...
way out way over way above
...but NOT anything like:
way high way fast way chic
submitted by John Cserep
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