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  • 41Colorless green ideas sleep furiously — Approximate X Bar representation of Colorless green ideas sleep furiously. See phrase structure rules. Colorless green ideas sleep furiously is a sentence composed by Noam Chomsky in his 1957 Syntactic Structures as an example of a sentence that… …

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  • 42Nonsense verse — is a form of light, often rhythmical verse, usually for children, depicting peculiar characters in amusing and fantastical situations. It is whimsical and humorous in tone and tends to employ fanciful phrases and meaningless made up words.[1]… …

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  • 43List of films considered the worst — The films listed here have achieved notably negative reception as being called the worst films ever made. The films have been cited by a combination of reputable sources as the worst movies of all time. Examples of such sources include Metacritic …

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  • 44Bogdanov Affair — Infobox Person name = Igor and Grichka Bogdanov birth date = birth date and age|1949|8|29 birth place = Saint Lary, Gers, FranceThe Bogdanov Affair is an academic dispute regarding the legitimacy of a series of theoretical physics papers written… …

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  • 45absurdity — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Quality of being absurd Nouns 1. (nonsensical quality) absurdity, absurdness, nonsense; paradox, inconsistency; inanity (See folly); ludicrousness, ridiculousness, comicality; koan, oxymoron, doublethink …

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  • 46preposterous — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. ridiculous, absurd, nonsensical, idiotic; foolish, extravagant; improper, unsuitable. See absurdity.Ant., sensible, logical. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. absurd, outrageous, impossible; see absurd ,… …

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  • 47silly — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. witless, foolish, stupid, childish; fatuous, inane; senseless, absurd, ridiculous; stunned. See absurdity, credulity, folly. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. senseless, ridiculous, nonsensical, foolish,… …

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  • 48absurd — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. preposterous, ridiculous, ludicrous, foolish, silly, laughable, crazy, irrational, senseless, pointless, meaningless, nonsensical, illogical, unreasonable, self contradictory, impossible, implausible, outlandish,… …

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  • 49cockeyed — adjective 1. turned or twisted toward one side (Freq. 1) a...youth with a gorgeous red necktie all awry G.K.Chesterton his wig was, as the British say, skew whiff • Syn: ↑askew, ↑awry, ↑lopsided, ↑wonky, ↑skew whiff …

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  • 50idiotic — adjective 1. insanely irresponsible (Freq. 3) an idiotic idea • Syn: ↑crackbrained • Similar to: ↑insane 2. incongruous; inviting ridicule the absurd excuse that the dog ate his homework …

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