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post-sequitur 

While a non sequitur is a comment which does not logically follow the preceding comment, and a pre-sequitur is a comment relating to something mentioned much earlier in a conversation, a post-sequitur follows something yet to be said.

Compared with non sequiturs and pre-sequiturs, genuine post-sequiturs are rare, as most Americans find them immoral.
Jack: Hey there, sweet thang.
Jan: Sure, I'd love to.
Jack: Would you like to go out for a drink? Wait, what?
Jan: Hells yeah it was!
Jack: Was that some kind of post-sequitur?
Jan: Fine, have it your way. Toodle-oo!
Jack: Away with thee or I shall do mur-rer-der-r-r!
post-sequitur by DanielR January 8, 2009

non sequitur 

a statement that has little or no relation to what preceded it; illogical inference; (Latin for "it does not follow")
Example of a non sequitur:
Theo lives in a small apartment. Therefore he must have a small penis.
non sequitur by yorrick hunt January 23, 2008

non sequitard 

A chain of logic with ends so remote that to anybody else it seems to be completely unrelated. Like a wiki walk, but through your head, and there's no history.
Example of a non sequitard:

Alice: Hmm... I think Grassy Knoll Dew would be better than Mountain Dew.
<pause>
Bob: Would walruses fight for us in the zombie apocalypse if we gave them buckets?
Bob: Don't even try to figure out how I got there.
non sequitard by an object December 12, 2009

pre-sequitur 

Like a non-sequitur, a pre-sequitur doesn't follow what immediately preceded it, but instead relates to something that came much earlier. It is a sudden or jarring break in the chronology, but it does follow... when you remember what it refers to.
Jen: Why did you leave Los Angeles?
Keith: Well... have you ever lived there?
Jen: I visited once, for a week. I liked the street performers on the boardwalk...
Keith: Oh, the boardwalk is where I got this red scarf!
Jen: I was trying to knit a scarf just like that last year but I never finished.
Keith: Where do you get yarn around here?
Jen: There's a good store just a few blocks from here, wanna come see?

... ten minutes later ...

Jen: Huh, do you smell Indian food?
Keith: Hmm, not really... but now I'm in the mood to get some Indian Food.
Jen: Sure, let's!
Keith: It was the pollution, that's why.
Jen: pollution?
Keith: Yeah, I wanted somewhere with real air, and LA wasn't it!
Jen: Oh, why you left Los Angeles
pre-sequitur by my name is Cos November 28, 2007
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squiter bites 

Extremely flat boobs, where the nipple appears to be a Mosquito bite.
This chick has some serious squiter bites. Absoluetely no tites.

non sequitur 

A statement that has little or nothing to do with the preceding statement.
Non sequitur:

Joe: Do you like Green Day?

Bill: I'm hungry for wax fruit.

Joe: Are you high?

Bill: Don't try to catch me, I'm the Mesican drill.
non sequitur by DeeDurk October 10, 2008