pure muppetry
- noun
- Slang
:
comportamiento ridículo
- The meeting descended into pure muppetry when no one could agree on a plan.
Examples
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His latest proposal was dismissed as pure muppetry by his colleagues.
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His actions were nothing short of pure muppetry.
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Blaming the weather for their failure was pure muppetry in my opinion.
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That was just pure muppetry!
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The audience couldn't stop laughing at the pure muppetry displayed during the comedy skit.
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Her decision to invest in a scheme with no research was pure muppetry and raised eyebrows.
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When the team forgot their presentation materials, it was pure muppetry that left everyone shaking their heads.
Synonyms
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2.6
Playful or foolish behavior that is not serious and often funny
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4.9
Being very silly or clearly unreasonable
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9.9
Silly, often annoying behavior that causes confusion
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9.4
Wild, foolish behavior that causes confusion
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7.9
A state of being very silly and clearly against common sense
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6.8
A very silly or crazy way of behaving that makes people laugh
Silly, wild actions people do to get attention
A short time when someone acts very silly and makes people laugh
A short time when someone acts silly
Antonyms
How Foolish
Surface Forms
Morphology
pure + muppetry
While 'pure' is transparent, the key constituent 'muppetry' is a colloquial derivation from 'muppet' (a puppet or derogatorily, a foolish person) and is not a standard lexical item. The sense 'foolish/ridiculous behaviour' can be partially guessed if a learner knows the cultural meaning of 'muppet', but this relies on idiomatic, register- and culture-specific knowledge, so it is not fully predictable to a B1 learner.
Etymology
Pure muppetry comes from the TV show 'The Muppets' and the word muppet, a silly puppet people began using to mean a foolish person. So muppetry became a word for silly or stupid behavior and 'pure' means 'completely', which is why pure muppetry means 'behavior that is extremely foolish'.