UTTERLY ridiculous. The UTTERLY is actually the damning thing here that in fact serves to undermine the supposition of "opinion":
ut·ter·ly
/ˈədərlē/
adverb
completely and without qualification; absolutely.
But while we're at it:
ri·dic·u·lous
/rəˈdikyələs/
adjective
deserving or inviting derision or mockery; absurd.
There is certainly more wiggle room for the word ridiculous to relate to one's own opinion, but when it's cross-bred with an UTTERLY it literally figuratively becomes verbal assault. In my opinion of course. But I'm just a small-town-word-lawyer.
Perhaps Textcritic can weigh in with a final and binding ruling?
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