The phrase "absurd obsession" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe an irrational or extreme fixation on something.
Example: "His absurd obsession with collecting rare stamps often led him to spend beyond his means."
Alternatives: "ridiculous fixation" or "irrational preoccupation".
"We have this absurd obsession with sport," Mr. Roberts said.
He has repeatedly disregarded for his mandate fighting corruption, while maintaining an absurd obsession with people's private lives," she said.
He openly distorted the facts and the reality of our border region to justify the unjustifiable: his absurd obsession of a border wall," said the group's executive director, Fernando Garcia.
Which, incidentally, is why I take issue with Baumgardner's emphasis on the political all-importance of who is sleeping with whom, which resembles the religious right's equally absurd obsession with the genitalia of people who want to wed.
Also, they said that the stigma of being bracketed with countries like Rwanda and Nazi Germany is bound to hurt the pride of Guatemalan conservatives.Nevertheless, analysts said General Ríos Montt's defence lawyers at times verged on an absurd obsession with technicalities, which seemed aimed more at avoiding a verdict, rather than proving his innocence.
He doesn't mix with writers, attends no more parties, and detests the annual round of award ceremonies: "One thing I hate about English culture is this absurd obsession with awards and prizes like the Booker, which is a lot of shit.
There are shades of Adrian Mole in Wu's wicked eye for detail and straight-faced narration of the absurd obsessions and self-indulgences of adolescence.
When Saturday Night Live made fun of Sports Centers obsession with absurd metaphors and nonsensical interjections, Tim Meadows played Scott as the straight man while Ray Romano's hapless wannabe attempted, and failed, tobsessionreasingly absurd lines like "swith sabsurdolassy" and "you are going to pay a lot for that metaphorsnd the costs will be prohibitive".
We laugh at the rich — at the shallow consumerism, the obsession with absurd elements of status, at the whole glittering, ridiculous mess of it all.
It was always patently absurd for Netanyahu's obsession with security to be couched only in terms of Palestinian compliance with his demands.
"At a time when the United States faces very real terrorist threats in the Middle East and elsewhere, the administration's absurd and increasingly bizarre obsession with Cuba is more than just a shame, it's a dangerous diversion from reality," Mr. Baucus said.
