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Ridiculous" is an adjective describing "the ridiculous". In common usage, "ridiculousness" is used as a synonym for absurdity or nonsense . [ 2 ] [ 3 ] From a historical and technical viewpoint, "absurdity" is associated with argumentation and reasoning, "nonsense" with semantics and meaning , while "ridiculous" is most associated with laughter ...
Reductio ad absurdum, painting by John Pettie exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1884. In logic, reductio ad absurdum (Latin for "reduction to absurdity"), also known as argumentum ad absurdum (Latin for "argument to absurdity") or apagogical arguments, is the form of argument that attempts to establish a claim by showing that the opposite scenario would lead to absurdity or contradiction.
Absurdity is the state or condition of being unreasonable, meaningless, or so unsound as to be irrational. "Absurd" is the adjective used to describe absurdity, e.g., "Tyler and the boys laughed at the absurd situation."
To be ridiculous is to be highly incongruous or inferior. Ridiculous may also refer to: Ridiculous, an album by the British New Wave group Squeeze; Ridiculous, a 2006 comedy album by Norm Macdonald "Ridiculous", a song by Gucci Mane, Yo Gotti, Lonnie Mac, and OJ da Juiceman from the 2009 DJ Drama album Gangsta Grillz: The Album (Vol. 2)
A combination of "nut" (i.e., insane person) and "cherry picking", as well as a play on the word "nitpicking," nut picking refers to intentionally seeking out extremely fringe, non-representative statements from or members of an opposing group and parading these as evidence of that entire group's incompetence or irrationality.
De idioot bij de vijver (The Idiot By the Pond, 1926, Frits Van den Berghe) Bronze statue of Milyo, a "village idiot" of Plovdiv. The village idiot is, in strict terms, a person locally known for ignorance or stupidity but is also a common term for a stereotypically silly or nonsensical person or stock character.
The word jabberwocky is also occasionally used as a synonym of nonsense. [2] A Book of Nonsense (c. 1875 James Miller edition) by Edward Lear. Nonsense verse is the verse form of literary nonsense, a genre that can manifest in many other ways. Its best-known exponent is Edward Lear, author of The Owl and the Pussycat and hundreds of limericks.
The term “ridiculous” is a common English word, and has a slightly more specialized use in philosophy and theory of humor, and is currently at ridiculous (general use), so ridiculous should be about this both common general and common specialized use. PPdd 00:35, 12 February 2011 (UTC) Ridiculous → Ridiculous (album)