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    [Adjective]  | "pre*pos*ter*ous" | \ pri-ˈpä-st(ə-)rəs \


    1: contrary to nature, reason, or common sense : absurd


    Origin: 1533 ;

     Latin praeposterus, literally, in the wrong order, from prae- + posterus hinder, following {mat|posterior|};

    [Adjective]  | "preposterous" 


    1: conceived or made without regard for reason or reality;


      * e.g., " ... the idea that extraterrestrials built the pyramids is preposterous "





    2: showing or marked by a lack of good sense or judgment;


      * e.g., " ... a preposterous suggestion to go swimming in this freezing weather "





    3: so foolish or pointless as to be worthy of scornful laughter;


      * e.g., " ... the movie thriller had such a preposterous plot that we were on the edge of our seats snickering "



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     [ "preposterous" ]

    1: adjective meaning something that is absoloutely absurd and/or doesn't make sense.

      * e.g.,  ... The website preposterous.ca doesn't make any sense! 

     [ "preposterous" ]

    1: Preposterous means without sense.

      * e.g.,  ... It's an preposterous idea, but imagne getting into a spaceship for a ride with aliens. 


     [ "preposterous" ]

    2: Something or an act is preposterous if is has no beneficial effect after it's done and it's often impossible to do it anyway.

     [ "preposterous" ]

    1: Absolutely unacceptable to the s.o.b. who likes saying these big ass words

      * e.g.,  ... Brittany always beats my ass severely in bomberman. That shits just preposterous..propos..preopst...possum! ..bitch 

     [ "Preposterated" ]

    1: The way you feel after something preposterous is done.

      * e.g.,  ... "I am so Preposterated!" 

     [ "preposterity" ]

    1: The state of being preposterous

      * e.g.,  ... Ominous saying something rediculous to get someone riled up over the Internet...now that, my friend, is true preposterity. 

     [ "Preposterous" ]

    1: : very foolish or silly.

      * e.g.,  ... Example; 

     [ "Preposterous" ]

    1: Crazy, unbelievable, odd

      * e.g.,  ... That's preposterous, Joe! 

     [ "Preposterous Battle" ]

    1: A battle where two or more friends compete to use the most instances of the words preposterous or preposterously.

      * e.g.,  ... "It is preposterously preposterous how preposterously preposterous this preposterously preposterous Preposterous Battle is, and it is preposterously preposterous when people say preposterous, preposterously, or preposterously preposterous in a preposterously long sentence. 

     [ "preposterous third" ]

    1: preposterous third wheel

      * e.g.,  ... person 1: wanna come to dinner with me and my girlfriend? 


     [ "preposterous third" ]

    2: preposterous third nipple

      * e.g.,  ... person 2: no way. i dont want to be a preposterous third wheel. 


     [ "preposterous third" ]

    3: preposterous third testicle


     [ "preposterous third" ]

    4: works with pretty much every third thing.

     [ "Preposterous boast, but alas" ]

    1: Replacement for “weird flex but ok” because it’s overused

      * e.g.,  ... Random person: “I didn’t lose my virginity because I don’t take L’s.” 

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