laudatory "ridiculous" redux

[Ben Zimmer]

I have a column in this Sunday's Boston Globe on the rise of
"ridiculous" as a form of praise, with a shout-out to Jonathan Lighter
from the ADS-L thread on the topic back in April.

http://www.bostonglobe.com/ideas/2011/10/22/that-ridiculous/ltiJz8pdDVdkUofsnREXCN/story.html

--bgz

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Ben Zimmer
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