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Butler Fallacy

The idea that one's opponent in a debate is a butler who must provide all the proof, evidence, and sources one demands, regardless of relevance, burden of proof, or the reasonableness of the request. The butler fallacy treats the opponent as a servant obligated to serve whatever intellectual goods the demander wants, whenever they want them, in whatever form they specify. It's typically combined with moving the proofpost: each demand met with a new demand, each source rejected with a call for a different source. The goal is not to reach understanding but to establish dominance, to exhaust the opponent, to make debate so laborious that the opponent gives up. The butler fallacy is the signature move of bad-faith arguers who treat debate as a power game.
Example: "He treated her like a butler: 'Fetch me a source. No, not that one—a better one. No, not that one—a more recent one. No, not that one—a more authoritative one.' Butler fallacy in action: he'd appointed himself master and her servant, expected to be served endlessly, gave nothing in return."
by Dumu The Void March 10, 2026
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Buttle

A compact, fast-talking version of the wordbutthole” — the express lane of rear-end references.
“Bro, don’t sit on my bed with your dookie stained jorts — I don’t want your buttle print on the cushions.”

“My buttle burns.”
by t. minaj August 27, 2025
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Burlesque

Burlesque
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ber-lesk
noun
an artistic expression of power, beauty, humanity, and the elevation of the soul. Poetry in motion.
Ruby's burlesque performance transcends the ordinary by capturing the essence of the human spirit.
by Mayhemxxx November 6, 2025
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chuff burglers

The definition of chuff burglers are
fanny flaps

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"Core today in this weather I haven't half had sweaty chuff burglers" said sarah bruce.

or

"UUURM is that a fillet of fish or pure beef in those chuff burglers said ronald mac donald"

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"you haven't half got a big set of chuff burglers moosey"

or

"dave wished he could get him some of them chuff burglers either side of his cock"

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"there's no symetry in those chuff burglers"
by world wide warranty moose. August 7, 2009
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harold buttle

a guys name, also sounds alot like harry butthole
man did you see that, it looked like....uuuuhhhhhh harry buttle, ya i know harold buttle
by evan met May 2, 2011
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Bruno Butler

The act of trying to get attention by being wicked bruno. A person who acts cooler than they really are. A drop out. A person Without a Liver because they drink way too much.
He says he's going to the recording studio and hes pumped but he's really Bruno Butler.

Matt: "I like men."
You: "Your Bruno Butler."
by brunobutlerphobe November 10, 2011
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turd burgler

(noun) One that participates in the act of turd burgling
(verb) the act of defecation/turd penetration into a partners anus repeatedly back and forth.
The turd burgler and I were turd burgling, but our anal seal just wasn't tight enough, so I spurgled snurgle down my leg.
by TBurgler44 August 31, 2013
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