Word: absurdity
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...further discussion of the O.A. is quite to the point—he himself realizes its superiority to any E., however A. His illustration includes one of the key “Wake Up the Grader” phrases—“It is absurd.” What force! What gall! What fun! “Ridiculous,” “hopeless,” “nonsense,” on the one hand; “doubtless,” “obvious,” “unquestionable...
...finally, Kwong’s notion that the Republican Party and the HRC somehow represent the “conservative movement” is self-evidently absurd. It is a political party, prone to pragmatism, geared to elections; the HRC is the talk shop to The Salient’s think tank, and I’d like to think there is room for both...
...conditions “perhaps the weirdest sailing conditions ever.” “A guy who’s been coaching for 40 years said he’d never seen anything like this,” Johnson said. “It was just absurd, and they got in four sketchy races. I didn’t do so well, and I had some bad luck.” He credited all three crews’ ability to make important adjustments during the bizarre day as a key to the team’s success...
...differed on almost everything else: Sarko wants to encourage home ownership by deducting mortgage payments; Sego stresses the backlog in social housing. Sarko proposes a legal right to childcare; Sego says the idea of going to court to get a spot in a daycare center is absurd since courts are already overworked. Sarko resolutely opposes Turkish membership in the European Union; Sego says that France doesn't yet have to decide - and neither does she. Sarko wants to keep the basic institutions of France as they are; Sego wants to launch a 6th Republic with a stronger parliament...
...This absurd way of thinking may help explain why many Korean Americans expressed unfounded feelings of guilt after the tragedy. Korean Americans interviewed around the country said that they felt embarrassed and ashamed that the killer was “one of their own.” Some also felt the need to emphasize that Cho was essentially Americanized, having lived here as a permanent resident since he was eight...