Word: outlandishing
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...though, that the fault lies not in us but on our plates. Americans are probably no more orally compulsive than they were 100 years ago, but the food has mutated, diversified, proliferated and fused in ever more outlandish combinations. Rockefeller University obesity researcher Jules Hirsch estimates that there were about 500 foodstuffs available to Americans 100 years ago, compared with more than 50,000, ranging from pop-tarts to Portobello mushrooms, today. Food, which once served primarily as a cure for hypoglycemia, has become an entertainment medium...
...seems to me that Mansfield is struggling. It's been a while since he's said anything truly outlandish. Long past are the days of alleged links between affirmative action and grade inflation, or the charge that homosexuals undermine civilization, or even the epithet "little lady's sewing circle," that he bestowed on the Committee on Women's Studies a couple of years back. Granted, it would be unfair to expect the professor to be quite so provocative all the time (though his old friend Camille Paglia seems to be having a bit more luck). But calling the Harvard faculty...
Other versions of the rumor are more outlandish, claiming that an infected machine will be sent into an "nth-complexity infinite binary loop" which is supposed to be so complex that the computer's central processing unit (CPU) will be "severely damaged...
Some students saw the wacky dress and outlandish behavior as good fun, but others had more mixed reactions...
Unsure about the entire episode, and angered by John's patronizing tone, Carol leaves dissatisfied with their meeting. This ambiguity leads her to turn John's life upside down. Claiming mental and physical misconduct, Carol files sexual harassment charges against John. Shocked by such outlandish charges, John insists that Carol meet with him again. This misunderstanding, he feels, will be easily fixed...