The phrase "absurd trick" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a deceptive or nonsensical action or scheme that seems ridiculous or unreasonable.
Example: "The magician's latest performance included an absurd trick that left the audience both baffled and amused."
Alternatives: "ridiculous ruse" or "foolish ploy".
The setup is absurd: After being tricked into accidentally killing Lois Lane, an alternate-universe Superman has taken over the world.
In his trippy, tragicomic universe, the absurd (invisible card tricks, a mailman/kangaroo) goes hand in hand with innocent displays of emotion (a heart beating in Thiérrée's knee, a blissful scene of a happy family watching movies in bed), feats of acrobacy and abstract dance, and striking stage images.
It took her too long to push back on Rummy's absurd turf-war tricks, like reading or doodling while she was talking, or dropping a Defense Department document on the conference table as Rice was leading a discussion on a different topic so that he could steal the agenda.
"The nature of it is absurd… the tricks are foolish… from my asthma of discontent… the nature of the beast… hm".
As a fictional invention, the autodidact aesthete Robinson, whom we only ever encounter via the films' narrators' vexed relations with him, is an absurd sort of wraith, tricked up from reminders of Defoe and Céline, but surely also a descendant of the Regency showman Robertson, inventor of the proto-cinematic phantasmagoria.
Langford has been a revelation this year, and wasn't remotely daunted by the big occasion, laying six tackles and scoring three goals, two of them certifiable classics: one glorious strike on the run at the end of a mesmerising cat's cradle of handballs, one conjuring trick from an absurd angle in the forward pocket.
It's also significant that the victims of Woland's tricks also tend to be absurd bureaucrats who abuse their power and those around them.
It just seemed absurd to think that big brands have been tricking me for 27 years, and I've never realised.
It just seemed absurd to think that big brands have been tricking me for 27 years, and I've never realized.
He invented the "Top 10″ list; he invented "Stupid Pet Tricks"; he poked a hole in the absurd, celebrity-fueled gas bag that was late-night television.
