Absurdistan

Your current locale/country when something completely ridiculous happens.

Here in Asburdistan, the State-boys pull over those who "speed" while ignoring those who hog the passing-lane, exhibiting their longest fingers.

by Sean Brian Kirby June 4, 2003

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

apsurdistan

Apsurdistan is a name for a place or a country which is full of economic, political and social absurdities. For example Croatia which is full of abusrds.

Work inspection has come to a pharmacy and has found that workers work less than 40 hours per week as stated in work contract. The owner is OK with this. It pays full salaries which are far more than the average. Employees are happy. But not the work inspection which issues a penalty for this. Croatia is an apsurdistan.

by Abusrdistan September 21, 2013

absurdist

An adjective describing a form of theatre that makes absolutely no sense what so ever. It involves plays with near impossible scenerios, characters and bizarre dialogue that is meant to make the audience ask, "What the hell?" Absurdist plays usually have anti-climactic endings and underlying, symbolic meanings that no one gets except the author.

"Waiting for Godo" is the most famous absurdist play ever.

by Ron_Thornbrash May 23, 2005

Absurdian

Noun: a play on the name "Obsidian," which is a video game development company that prides itself on making mediocre sequels to largely successful titles.

Gamer 1: That new RPG is coming out next month! Obsidian made it, and it looks really good!

Gamer 2: Yeah, but Absurdian also developed Fallout: New Vegas. Remember how buggy that was when it came out? Don't waste your money on their new release; wait until it gets down to $20. By then, they should have some of the bugs fixed.

by Jambo_11 August 4, 2012