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Anecdotal Evidence

Empirical evidence that somebody just doesn't want to look at.
Manray: "Is your name Patrick Star?"
Patrick: "Yes"
Manray: "...and is this your ID?"
Patrick: "Yes"
Manray: "Good, because I found this ID in this wallet, so if that's the case, this must be your wallet!"
Patrick: "But that's anecdotal evidence!"
by Some guy who's smarter than Va January 21, 2024
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Evidence

F*cking bad opinion or fact
That Evidence killed my mother f*cker.
by Get the motherfucker September 23, 2020
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evide

the verb form of "evidence"
Jury: Criminal, I declare giving me the evidence! (Judge: Yeah, evide him!)
by DMD77 November 30, 2019
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An alternative to evidence-based decision making, "decision-based evidence making" is the practice of collecting evidence to support a pre-existing decision, rather than using evidence in any way to inform the decision itself.

This technique typically involves cherry-picking sources or relying on bad or unreliable authorities to justify or legitimise (after the fact) a questionable decision which has already been made.
Dr. Daniel Jernigan resigned from CDC in 2025, telling reporters that Robert F Kennedy Jr seems to be "going from evidence-based decision making to decision-based evidence making" as the Centres for Disease Control began citing debunked studies to support a dodgy claim that vaccines cause autism.
by bitchuck November 20, 2025
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Evidentful

. Consisting of many pieces of evidence.
. A handful of evidence
Just trying to be Evidentful
by E-vee-dent-fool December 28, 2021
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