different between ludicrous vs pappyshow

English

Etymology

First attested in 1619. From Latin l?dicrus, from l?d? (“play”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?lu?.d?.k??s/, /?lju?.d?.k??s/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?lu?.d?.k??s/

Adjective

ludicrous (comparative more ludicrous, superlative most ludicrous)

1. Idiotic or unthinkable, often to the point of being funny.

2. Amusing by being plainly incongruous or absurd.
   • 2014, Paul Doyle, "Southampton hammer eight past hapless Sunderland in barmy encounter", The Guardian, 18 October 2014:

     Five minutes later, Southampton tried to mount their first attack, but Wickham sabotaged the move by tripping the rampaging Nathaniel Clyne, prompting the referee, Andre Marriner, to issue a yellow card. That was a lone blemish on an otherwise tidy start by Poyet’s team – until, that is, the 12th minute, when Vergini produced a candidate for the most ludicrous own goal in Premier League history.

Synonyms

• (idiotic or unthinkable): laughable, ridiculous, risible

Related terms

• (idiotic or unthinkable): ludicrously, ludicrousness

Translations

English

Alternative forms

• poppy show

Etymology

Early 20th-century alteration of Scottish dialect puppy show, meaning "puppet show".

Adjective

pappyshow (comparative more pappyshow, superlative most pappyshow)

1. (Caribbean) ridiculous, ludicrous

Noun

pappyshow (countable and uncountable, plural pappyshows)

1. Alternative spelling of poppy show
2. (Caribbean, Jamaican, countable) A fool, a buffoon
3. (Caribbean, Jamaican, uncountable) mockery, ridicule

Verb

pappyshow (third-person singular simple present pappyshows, present participle pappyshowing, simple past and past participle pappyshowed)

1. (Caribbean) to mock, to make fun of

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