ridiculous

I think of the word as to mean absurd... so maybe they are stretching it to be absurdly fantastic? this happens to so many words like Great means large, not necessarily extremely good. Awful means extreme and not necessarily bad. Terrific is like large, and not necessarily positive. lol, what a language.

I didn't know it had. But who really knows how some words have come about to mean other things. I'm still trying to figure out how 'bad' became a good thing.

Well, I was taught the same thing as you were. I have no idea when it started to mean delightful. I did look up in a thesaurus of dictionary.com http://thesaurus.reference.com/browse/ridiculous Here is what it said: Main Entry: ridiculous Part of Speech: adjective Definition: absurd Synonyms: antic, bizarre, comic, comical, contemptible, daffy*, derisory, droll, fantastic, farcical, fool-headed, foolish, funny, gelastic, goofy*, grotesque, harebrained*, hilarious, impossible, incredible, jerky*, laughable, ludicrous, nonsensical, nutty*, outrageous, preposterous, risible, sappy*, silly, slaphappy*, stupid, unbelievable, wacky* Antonyms: reasonable, sensible So I think it is the Antonyms that take on the meaning of delight.

i'm sure its gonna be like all the other words that kids have changed the meaning to. it reminds me of a song that tim mcgraw sings. i can't remember the name right of the top of my head. i will have to look it up. if not its gonna bug me.

I find it ridiculous to consider it awesome or great. Like you, I think it has a negative flavor to it. You say ridiculous when you think that the thing/word/situation is unbelievably crazy.

I know ridiculous to mean the opposite of awesome or great. I use the word when something out of the norm that may be offensive happens or something ridiculous. (lol)

when i find it hard to believe on something, or it is unbelievable then thats what rediculous to me. its like a story of urban legends that is the best way to describe what is ridiculous. when something is not normal then we find it ridiculous. so do we have the same meaning to that word?