Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The character of being ridiculous, laughable, or absurd.
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- noun uncountable The characteristic of being
ridiculous . - noun countable The result of being
ridiculous .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a message whose content is at variance with reason
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Examples
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And day after day, it grew a little easier, a little less uncomfortable, and now she sits with her peers, trilling over a new Mask, playing pretend like when she was younger, until the day all this ridiculousness is over and she can move on to more important things.
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This work is full of caricature, exaggeration, and just plain ridiculousness, but in a way, it also feels more real than other manga.
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I was going to post about some of the ridiculousness in my life (and by that I mean one outcome of said ridiculousness is that I've been BANNED from an online book forum, oh nooooooooooooooes!), but I'd much rather let y'all know that yesterday I found out that I'll have a piece of short fiction published in an upcoming issue of Behind the Wainscot. w00t!
It's in the cards pabba 2008
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Of course all of that ridiculousness is long-gone today, although it still exists informally in the sense that every town has a White area, a Black area, and a Colored area.
Archive 2008-10-01 jen 2008
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Of course all of that ridiculousness is long-gone today, although it still exists informally in the sense that every town has a White area, a Black area, and a Colored area.
Upington and some history... jen 2008
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A testament to the pair's ridiculousness is another theme that runs through these three films: blood and ice cream.
Edgar Wright and Simon Pegg Back Together for World's End « FirstShowing.net 2008
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Bush has come full circle: His ridiculousness is approaching the sort of existential absurdity that is untouchable.
Sunday Reading 2007
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It’s about as serious and true to its subject matter as The Blues Brothers, and escalates in ridiculousness in a similar manner.
EXTRALIFE – By Scott Johnson - Best number in entertainment. 2008
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To those claiming that this asinine sovereign citizen movement is a reaction to a black president, this ridiculousness has been around a LONG time, at least 30 years.
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A few reasons are listed, but Roger finishes with the following quoted ridiculousness, which is just the sort of ridiculousness that makes me smile:
my new plaid pants 2009
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