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absurdity

[ab-sur-di-tee, -zur-] / æbˈsɜr dɪ ti, -ˈzɜr- /


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"Perhaps the real absurdity lies not in imagining a tool-using cow, but in assuming such a thing could never exist."

From Science Daily • Mar. 26, 2026

First with the Cambridge Footlights and later with the Pythons, Idle honed a linguistically-focused style that bridged highbrow absurdity and accessible, pop culture-driven humor.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 23, 2026

"It is pure intention: if there is chaos, it is authored chaos: if it is ugly, it is designed ugliness; if it is absurd, it is willed absurdity."

From BBC • Mar. 7, 2026

Pascal Confavreux, a ministry spokesman, phrased it more diplomatically: “We use irony and humor to deliver a punch and create deterrence by exposing the absurdity of the claims made by those who attack us.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 26, 2026

Eisman also put a fine point on the absurdity they saw everywhere around them.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis