Is there a common English phrase for the so absurd it must be true . . . In conclusion, most "so absurd it must be true" arguments are likely to include one of these somewhere They probably have other problems, too, considering how absurd they are The specific term Big Lie is appropriate for someone who actually created such an absurd argument and is using it against the people who consider it too absurd to doubt
Analogy for an absurd way to teach something? I recently found out that someone is being taught the programming language Python to learn math This seems quite absurd, and I could have sworn I had heard an analogy about something like this, but
grammar - To reason most absurd in Hamlet - English Language Usage . . . Hamlet says that his grief appears to any rational judgment as 'most absurd' The ordinary sequence, most absurd to reason, is inverted to put the emphasis on absurd: -surd is the heaviest syllable in this line, led up to with the 'extra' foot -son most, which impels the rhythmic stress forward onto the third foot, absurd
An e in absured? - English Language Usage Stack Exchange A few paragraphs in to Chapter 3 of "How to win friends and influence people"—a book that I'm embarrassed to admit I've undertaken—I found what just appears to be an odd spelling for "absurd "
Is the overseas bushism really so absurd? [closed] A famous quote by George W Bush is More and more of our imports come from overseas Which is spread with the implication of being particularly stupid because "overseas" is a term to describe for
What is this famous example of the absurdity of English spelling? Also of interest is that at the time (around mid-1800s) many persons were intrigued with the ' Phonotypy and Phonography ' of English, with Alexander J Ellis presenting a number of absurd respellings, like turning scissors into ' schiesourrhce ' by combining parts of sch ism, s ie ve, a s, hon ou r, my rrh and sacrifi ce