The messy, real-world application of formal logic where human language, context, and ambiguity crash into pure reason. These are the rules that govern arguments when you're not dealing with mathematical symbols but with actual sentences that mean slightly different things to different people. "A is A" becomes "A is A, unless A is being sarcastic, or metaphorical, or referencing a meme you don't understand." Semi-formal logic acknowledges that while the underlying laws are absolute, their application in human communication requires interpretation, charity, and occasionally, asking "What do you mean by that?"
Semi-formal Laws of Logic"Technically, when I said 'I'm literally dying of hunger,' I violated the Law of Identity because I'm not literally dying. But by Semi-formal Logic, you understood I was hangry and should have offered me a snack instead of correcting me."
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Get the Semi-formal Laws of Logic mug.Reasoning errors that are almost but not quite full fallacies—arguments that have the appearance of fallaciousness without fully meeting the criteria. Semi-fallacies live in the borderlands between valid and invalid reasoning. An argument might be technically fallacious but practically reasonable; it might contain a fallacy but still point toward truth. Semi-fallacies are the gray areas of logic, where rigid categorization fails. Recognizing them requires judgment, not just memorization of fallacy names. They're the reason fallacy-spotting in online debates is often itself fallacious—because real arguments rarely fit cleanly into textbook categories.
Semi-fallacies Example: "His argument had the shape of a slippery slope, but the slope was short and the steps well-supported. Was it a fallacy or just a prediction? Semi-fallacy—not quite one, not quite not. She couldn't simply cry 'fallacy' and dismiss it; she had to engage the substance. The gray area demanded thought, not labels."
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Seeping lard syndrome typically occurs when you are so overweight that the lard has no where else to go so it seeps into your brain causing you to become mentally retarded.
Scenario 1:
Guy with Seeping lard syndrome: “bussin burger cheese burger burger cheese cheebuggabuggachee bussin bussin bussin!!!
Innocent bystander #1: “OMG is he alright????”
Innocent bystander #2: “Yeah don’t worry he just fat asf and has Seeping lard syndrome”
Scenario 2:
“Hello my name is (REDACTED), and I have Seeping lard syndrome. I am 20 years old, 427lbs and 4’9, and today I will be doing the SLS ice bucket challenge”
Guy with Seeping lard syndrome: “bussin burger cheese burger burger cheese cheebuggabuggachee bussin bussin bussin!!!
Innocent bystander #1: “OMG is he alright????”
Innocent bystander #2: “Yeah don’t worry he just fat asf and has Seeping lard syndrome”
Scenario 2:
“Hello my name is (REDACTED), and I have Seeping lard syndrome. I am 20 years old, 427lbs and 4’9, and today I will be doing the SLS ice bucket challenge”
by bussintok February 18, 2025
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Get the Semi-Nigga mug.(Noun) A story that incorporates elements from another narrative and acts as a continuation, without being a direct sequel.
Person A: I heard Red Hulk's gonna be in the new Captain America.
Person B: Oh, so it's a semi-sequel to The Incredible Hulk?
Person B: Oh, so it's a semi-sequel to The Incredible Hulk?
by BUrdIsThEwUrd March 18, 2025
Get the Semi-Sequel mug.If 7 days equals 1 week and 1 week is referred to as being a "sennight," then by default a semi-sennight would be the term used to describe the middle of the week, or Wednesday. This term was coined by UK native, Southern California/Washington state resident Kent’ae Van London, CLP, AAMS, GNSA in 2025 as a creative method around saying, "Happy Hump Day" each Wednesday.
Mitch - "Hey, man. Good Morning. This week is dragging by. Nice to see we finally made it to "the hump!" Happy Hump Day!"
Larry - "Tell me about it! The weekend is right about the corner. Happy semi-sennight!"
Larry - "Tell me about it! The weekend is right about the corner. Happy semi-sennight!"
by Live-N-Learn May 14, 2025
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noun
A modern relationship structure that blends equality with a couple of intentional, classic rules:
1 Finances, housework, and decision-making are shared 50/50.
2 The woman keeps her last name after marriage.
3 The man is expected to be the primary earner from the start and maintain that status throughout the relationship.
4 Any children take the father’s last name.
A progressive, balanced setup with a couple of mutually agreed traditional elements.
noun
A modern relationship structure that blends equality with a couple of intentional, classic rules:
1 Finances, housework, and decision-making are shared 50/50.
2 The woman keeps her last name after marriage.
3 The man is expected to be the primary earner from the start and maintain that status throughout the relationship.
4 Any children take the father’s last name.
A progressive, balanced setup with a couple of mutually agreed traditional elements.
by rulameda June 1, 2025
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