as in insanity
a foolish act or idea
regards the platform shoe as one of the unfortunate fopperies of the 1970s that should remain buried in fashion's scrap heap
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Bland was obsessed with religion, but that did not amount to insanity, the prosecutor argued.
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Part of what drew him to the case, Burton said, was that many of the issues relevant then are still relevant today, like the death penalty, the use of the insanity defense, parole and rehabilitation.
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And yet the absurdity didn’t stop there.
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At a time when the average new vehicle transaction price continues marching toward absurdity (roughly $51,000 now), that affordability matters.
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That’s the level of idiocy in the Los Angeles city government.
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The idiocy of these people knows no bounds.
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When Constanze reaches her breaking point, Mozart’s imbecility is exposed as fragility.
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“Foppery.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/foppery. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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