different between screwball vs absurdness

English

Etymology

screw +? ball

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?sk?u?b??l/

Noun

screwball (plural screwballs)

1. (baseball) A pitch thrown with added pressure by the index finger and a twisting wrist motion resulting in a motion to the right when thrown by a right-handed pitcher.

   The screwball is not thrown much because it tends to damage pitcher's arms.

2. (US) One who behaves in a crazy manner.

   I will not listen to this screwball any longer.

Translations

Adjective

screwball (comparative more screwball, superlative most screwball)

1. (originally US) Crazy, offbeat, bizarre, zany, or weird.
   • 2013, Tom Shone, Oscar nominations pull a surprise by showing some taste – but will it last? (in The Guardian, 11 January 2013)[1]

     Also a big hand for Silver Linings Playbook, an exuberant modern screwball comedy we had, in an unseemly fit of cynicism, deemed "too entertaining" for Academy voters.

Derived terms

• screwball comedy

English

Etymology

absurd +? -ness

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?b?s??d.n?s/
• (US) IPA^(key): /æb?s?d.n?s/, /æb?z?d.n?s/, /?b?s?d.n?s/, /?b?z?d.n?s/

Noun

absurdness (countable and uncountable, plural absurdnesses)

1. (rare) The quality of being absurd; absurdity. [First attested in the mid 16^th century.]

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