The Logical Fallacy's definitions
"Yes, you can't beat wood. Gorn."
"What's gone, dear?"
"Nothing, nothing -- just like the word, it gives me confidence. Gorn. Gorn -- it's got a sort of 'woody' quality about it. Gorn. Go-o-orn. Much better than 'newspaper' or 'litter bin'."
-- Graham Chapman, "The Woody Sketch" from Monty Python's Flying Circus
"What's gone, dear?"
"Nothing, nothing -- just like the word, it gives me confidence. Gorn. Gorn -- it's got a sort of 'woody' quality about it. Gorn. Go-o-orn. Much better than 'newspaper' or 'litter bin'."
-- Graham Chapman, "The Woody Sketch" from Monty Python's Flying Circus
by The Logical Fallacy October 12, 2016
Get the Woodymug. A form of Transtextuality where the text cites another text, either by quotation, allusion or plagiarism.
"Any text is a new tissue of past citations. Bits of code, formulae, rhythmic models, fragments of social languages, etc., pass into the text and are redistributed within it, for there is always language before and around the text. Intertextuality, the condition of any text whatsoever, cannot, of course, be reduced to a problem of sources or influences; the intertext is a general field of anonymous formulae whose origin can scarcely ever be located; of unconscious or automatic quotations, given without quotation marks."
The example I just gave was itself an example of Intertext because it was quoted from "Theory of the Text."
The example I just gave was itself an example of Intertext because it was quoted from "Theory of the Text."
by The Logical Fallacy September 2, 2017
Get the Intertextmug. A person who has fully committed themselves to the goth subculture and the lifestyle that it entails: leather, buckles, piercings, decorative contact lenses and all. Unlike passive goths, active goths can be identified as goth on-sight.
The elusive active goth can be found at your local Hot Topic. Here we see them walking with a black parasol in their victorian/steampunk casual-wear, petting their plastic ravens and black cats as they go on about the blight of inevitable death and "the man" before they congregate by the hundreds to express their individuality to their goth brethren.
by The Logical Fallacy July 8, 2016
Get the active gothmug. When the term "Nazi" is used to describe one's enemies so often and so easily, the definition itself becomes diluted and everyone now qualifies as a Nazi.
"There are two possibilities here: either the term 'Nazi' has been so overused in a process I call Nazinflation that the term is now meaningless, or everyone is actually a nazi. I'm glads my ideas are finally catching back up, I just wasn't expecting so many of my followers to be Slavic, or Brown, or JEWS! I'm not trying to gatekeep here, I'm just genuinely confused."
-- Nazi, jREG, "Nazi Doesn't Know Who To Support"
-- Nazi, jREG, "Nazi Doesn't Know Who To Support"
by The Logical Fallacy December 30, 2023
Get the Nazinflationmug. The adjective meaning "like Socrates" or "Socrates-like". Usually applied to nouns that are involved in critical thinking.
The Socratic Method involves asking and answering questions to stimulate critical thinking and to draw out ideas and underlying presumptions.
by The Logical Fallacy September 23, 2016
Get the Socraticmug. The study of baramins, or a lineage of earthly life which is believed in Young Earth Creationism to be created by God during the creation week, and corresponds in some functional aspects to the secular concept of "species".
Those that study and believe in Baraminology believe that Noah did not store 2 of every species on the planet , but instead he stored each and every "Kind" of animal. "Kind" being whatever the hell creationists want to mean at the moment.
by The Logical Fallacy May 18, 2017
Get the Baraminologymug. A person who has a passive fascination with gothic subjects (the night, despair, the night, wearing black, Hot Topic, Tim Burton, the night, etc.), but compared to an active goth, could not be identified as goth immediately on sight. They tend to not take the more dramatic lifestyle commonly associated with other goths, and are considered "moderate" in comparison. Can usually be identified by wearing all black and/or having a dark sense of humor. Not to be confused with emos or beatniks.
"You see that guy over there?"
"Who?"
"The art student in a black sweater and sunglasses."
"Oh, you mean the passive goth."
"Passive goth?"
"Yeah, you know, a goth that you wouldn't think was a goth till you ask them about how their day went. Shit gets creepy really quick."
"Who?"
"The art student in a black sweater and sunglasses."
"Oh, you mean the passive goth."
"Passive goth?"
"Yeah, you know, a goth that you wouldn't think was a goth till you ask them about how their day went. Shit gets creepy really quick."
by The Logical Fallacy July 8, 2016
Get the passive gothmug.