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It is OK to be used in this context?
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30/07/2015 21:43:21
John Ryan
Captain-Cooker Appreciation Society
Taumata Whakatangi ..., New Zealand
 
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>>Do you think that "outrageous" is OK in this context?

I would say not. Context matters and maybe there's humorous intent, but usually the negative connotation is very strong. "Outstanding" would be much safer.
"... They ne'er cared for us
yet: suffer us to famish, and their store-houses
crammed with grain; make edicts for usury, to
support usurers; repeal daily any wholesome act
established against the rich, and provide more
piercing statutes daily, to chain up and restrain
the poor. If the wars eat us not up, they will; and
there's all the love they bear us.
"
-- Shakespeare: Coriolanus, Act 1, scene 1
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