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A clown wearing a hat of a ridiculously small and incongruous size. The ridiculous often has extreme incongruity (things that are not thought to belong next to each other) or inferiority, e.g., "when something that was dignified is reduced to a ridiculous position (here noting the element of the incongruous), so that laughter is most intense when we escape from a 'coerced solemnity'."
Christopher Brian Bridges (born September 11, 1977), known professionally as Ludacris (/ ˈ l uː d ə k r ɪ s /, spoken as "ludicrous" in American English), is an American rapper and actor. Born in Champaign, Illinois, Ludacris moved to Atlanta, Georgia, at age nine, where he first began rapping.
Ludicrous may refer to: Ludacris (born 1977), American rapper and actor; I, Ludicrous, English music ensemble; Ludicrous: The Unvarnished Story of Tesla Motors, book about Tesla, Inc. Ludicrous speed, after ridiculous speed and light speed, in Spaceballs; Ludicrous mode, a drag race start mode found in cars from Tesla Motors
The word is used by Charles M. Schulz in a 1982 installment of his Peanuts comic strip, [51] and by Peter O'Donnell in his 1985 Modesty Blaise adventure novel Dead Man's Handle. Charlophobia – the fictional fear of any person named Charlotte or Charlie, mentioned in the comedic book A Duck is Watching Me: Strange and Unusual Phobias (2014 ...
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.
Silliness is defined as engaging in "a ludicrous folly", [1] showing a "lack of good sense or judgment", [2] or "the condition of being frivolous, trivial, or superficial". [3] In television, film, and the circus, portrayals of silliness such as exaggerated, funny behaviour are used to amuse audiences.
A travesty is an absurd or grotesque misrepresentation, a parody, or grossly inferior imitation.In literary or theatrical contexts it may refer to: Burlesque, a literary, dramatic, or musical work intended to cause laughter by caricaturing the manner or spirit of serious works, or by ludicrous treatment of their subjects
The word is believed to originate from the Medieval Latin term liripipium, which is of unsure origin. Webster's Dictionary suggests it is a corruption of cleri ephippium ("clergy's tippet"), but this is uncertain. The Oxford English Dictionary, attributing the hypothesis to Gilles Ménage, calls it a "ludicrous guess". [3]