The only thing that is smaller than a quark
Frick, the X on a mobile ad is really really really really really really really small
That's what happens every time there's a discussion about defunding PBS. It always quickly heads to "What about Sesame Street and Big Bird? The children!"
"Here we go. Linda started talking about defunding PBS. I give it five minutes until we get to reductio ad BigBirdum."
Assigning blame to President Obama regardless of the context. Reducing every discussion to a debate on whether Obama is good or evil. Relating everything back to whether or not Obama is a good President.
Did you hear about that guy that was killed by the plane coming in for a crash landing? I bet if Obama hadn't changed all the FAA laws it never would have happened.
Dude. Stop hating..enough with the Reductio ad Obamaum. Not everything that happens is related to your dislike of Obama.
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Latin for "Argument at the grammar". To counter an opponent's argument, however the degree of validity, by simply correcting their grammar. A part of being a grammar Nazi or a pilkunnussija.
See also argumentum ad hominem ("argument at the person") or just ad hominem, where this term derives from.
"...And that's why your the worst."
"My the worst what?"
"And now you're resorting to argumentum ad grammaticam? That's lame."
When you donβt know how to spell ad hominem
βWOW!!! how disingenuous of you David! ...nice SPONSOR button btw! An ad hom of him Jordan Peterson.β
When you donβt know how to spell ad hominem
An advertisement that monopolizes the LGBTQ+ community and often gives you incorrect results.
"Mom look this LGBTQ quiz ad says I'm lesbian"
"No honey, even if you are don't let some low income 30 year old trick you into something, find it out yourself"
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a blanket term to describe an imagined, completely illegitimate concern to an otherwise well thought-out plan or concept.
their bank heist plan had been flawless, planned over many months with no detail overlooked.
but reflecting from the cold stony walls of their jail cell, they realized they had failed utterly to plan for one crucial factor: the Mexico City Ad.
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