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mutually assured destruction

a.k.a. MAD, refers to the military stalemate between Russia and USA between late 1940 and the present. The basic premise is that each side has so many nuclear weapons in its arsenal, that strike/counter strike would destroy both combatants.
by Anonymous September 3, 2003
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absurdist

Absurdist theater is a phrase coined by Martin Esslin, a theather critic who grouped together several playwrights who wrote in a similar fashion. Absurdist drama is a direct result of World War 2, and is about the way people felt after it. There are three types of Absurdism: Fatalism, Existentialism, and Hilarious. Fatalism is the type of theater Beckett wrote (Waiting for Godot, End Game), where man is trapped in life, even basic communication is cut off. Existentialism is that if there is no point, at least you can rationalize an existance, No Exit is an example of this. Hilarious is the type Ionesco wrote (The Lesson), based off the Neitzsche prinicpal that man invented laughter to keep sanity. The entire point of Absurdism is that there is no point to life on the surface, so there has to be some reason to live. It's an attempt to answer to the fundemental questions, why are we here? etc.
One might argue that Samuel Beckett, the author of Waiting fo Godot, is the best absurdist playwright, even though crictics hated it until a group of prison inmates did a production of it.
by josh howard December 14, 2008
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Reductio ad Absurdum

A process of making something stupid because that is what Google says it is.

For Example: If you put “Reductio ad Absurdum” into Google Translate it detects the language as Latin, and translates it to English as: “Reductio ad Absurdum.”

Another Example: For years (through May 29, 2018 at least) if you ask Google "What does it mean to be an American?" it responds with this as the first answer (in a box even):

"It means that I can say "The Pledge of Allegiance" and that I can vote for the President, my county clerk, and the Mayor. But to me it means most of all to be free and to be proud that I live in the United States of America here in Wisconsin."

Dig deeper and you'll find it is written by an 10-year-old who, in addition to thinking that the U. S. is in Wisconsin, does not know that to be an American means she is free to NOT say the pledge and that she has 10 years to go before she can vote.

Thank you Google for establishing a 10-year-old as the #1 expert on what it means to be a patriot. Way to go.
If we're going to Make America Great Again we've got to stop all this Reductio ad Absurdum going on.
by Len Bakerloo June 11, 2018
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absurd ethics

A mode of ethics advocating the most irrational means of action possible to allow the inherent chaos of human action agency.
Rudy decided to skip the board meeting in order to shoot pool with a group of total strangers. His reasoning? Absurd ethics.
by carpenoctem63141 March 1, 2009
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absurd

"That guys Escalade on 24s was absurd"
by willR April 29, 2005
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Absue

to massage someone's neck with the head of a penis
If you mistype on more word, I am going to absue the fuck out of you.
by tapsteady May 20, 2011
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Mutually Assured Destruction

When a couple mutually decide at the same time to end a relationship with no chance of ever being in relationship with one another ever again. Basically Nuke with Salted Earth only both mutually agree and launch nukes with salted earth at the same time. Or in response to knowing a break up notice is approaching.
Kyle and Kimberly are not together; it was mutually assured destruction.
by Liberation Theology October 28, 2019
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