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• n  excessive excess
• n  the quality of being outrageous

• In late July, the McCain campaign had demonstrated that it could also shake up the presidential race by deploying outrage's lesser twin: outrageousness.
• In his year-long Passion tour, which concluded two weeks ago in Hong Kong, he wore eight Jean-Paul Gaultier outfits, in ascending order of outrageousness, from a white tux with .
• Which is too bad, because back home Fassie is known (and loved) for her outrageousness.

• exorbitance
• enormity

News & Articles

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• Jerry Sloan once yelled at his players for making fun of Chris Andersen’s tattoos
  The extent of Jerry Sloan’s outrageousness is the top button on his dress shirt that he refuses to button while coaching NBA games. Sloan’s sideburns may have gotten a little out of hand in the mid-1970s, but we all had … Continue reading ?
  June 6, 2013 - Ball Don't Lie via Yahoo! Sports

Quotes

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• Barack Obama in Wilkes Barre Times-Leader
  I think he felt vilified and attacked and I understand him wanting to defend himself,Obama said. "That may account for the change but the insensitivity and the outrageousness of the statements shocked me and surprised me."
• Eliot Spitzer in ABC Online
  This agreement should be a wake-up call to all those in the entertainment industry who think outrageousness is a clever marketing strategy,Attorney-General Eliot Spitzer said. "The law establishes set boundaries that cannot be crossed to...
• Jean Nouvel in Monday Morning
  We can't breathe in this country any more, complained the writer Jean-Marie Laclavetine in Le Monde. "We need the outrageousness of someone like Sine."