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    [Noun]  | "rid*i*cule" | \ ˈri-də-ˌkyül \


    1: the act of ridiculing : derision, mockery


    Origin: 1675 ;

     French or Latin; French, from Latin ridiculum jest;

    [Verb]  | "ridicule" 


    1: to make fun of


    Origin: 1680 ;

    [Noun]  | "ridicules" 


    1: the making of unkind jokes as a way of showing one's scorn for someone or something;


      * e.g., " ... the early efforts by the suffragists to obtain voting rights for women were met with ridicule "



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    [Noun]  | "ridicule" 


    1: the making of unkind jokes as a way of showing one's scorn for someone or something;


      * e.g., " ... the early efforts by the suffragists to obtain voting rights for women were met with ridicule "



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    [Verb]  | "ridicules" 


    1: to make (someone or something) the object of unkind laughter;


      * e.g., " ... the term big bang theory was originally coined to ridicule the belief that the universe was created by a giant explosion "



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    [Verb]  | "ridicule" 


    1: to make (someone or something) the object of unkind laughter;


      * e.g., " ... the term big bang theory was originally coined to ridicule the belief that the universe was created by a giant explosion "



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     [ "Ridiculability" ]

    1: A measure of how severely an act or happening should be ridiculed and criticized based on the double-standards of pop culture. In other words, how ridiculable (expresses whether or not something is held to the standard of being ridiculed) something is.

      * e.g.,  ... That girl's outfit ranked a straight 69 on the ridiculability scale! 

     [ "ridicule" ]

    1: words, actions, or behavior making someone seem laughable and ridiculous

      * e.g.,  ... Will Smith constantly ridiculed Carlton on the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. 


     [ "ridicule" ]

    2: (Note: Ridiculing isn't necessarily teasing. Teasing implies saying or doing something unkind or ridiculing towards another, but that was done just out of silliness, which is why it's common to say, "I was only teasing. I was just joking")

      * e.g.,  ... "You could make George Bush look young," I ridiculed my wife before she threw my pillow and blanket on the couch. 

     [ "Ridiculously ridiculous" ]

    1: ridiculously ridiculous

      * e.g.,  ... Did you saw that ridiculously ridiculous woven pants that women had on! 

     [ "ridicule" ]

    1: To tease someone or something. Also, to be the object of teasing by others.

      * e.g.,  ... Mike was the object of ridicule when the bullies ripped his arm off and shoved it up his ass. He was referred to as "tripod" ever since. 

     [ "Ridiculousness" ]

    1: A show where Rob Dyrdek reviews videos previously shown on Daniel Tosh's show Tosh.0.

      * e.g.,  ... Matt- "Hey Joe, did you watch Ridiculousness last night?" 

     [ "Ridiculism" ]

    1: A word for things so ridiculious, you had to make up a word just to describe them.

      * e.g.,  ... This whole situation is ridiculism. 

     [ "ridiculize" ]

    1: To take a material possesion and spend a ton of money on it making it out of this world.

      * e.g.,  ... Buy a new Corvette, then give a speed shop $100k to ridiculize it. It will be the fastest thing on 4 wheels. 


     [ "ridiculize" ]

    2: To bling the sh#t out of something.

     [ "Ridiculousness" ]

    1: Something that is obviously a rip-off. So much of a rip-off that it's beyond ridiculous, it's absolutely ridiculousness.

      * e.g.,  ... Did you see that video show that Rob Dyrdek has now? Yeah, I saw it... it was ridiculousness. 

     [ "ridiculous" ]

    1: something that is unbelievable in some way shape or form, an event worthy of memory

      * e.g.,  ... dressed in ridicuous red and blue/like i don't see what the big deal is  

     [ "ridiculous" ]

    1: Where something is hot, cool, or off the hook

      * e.g.,  ... The back of yo head iz ridiculous! 

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