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The pommel fallacy

When someone in an argument attempts to deny your argument by nitpicking a small mistake, such as a mis-pronunciation or typo. Named after the famous "end him rightly" meme, where a fencing opponent throws their pommel in your face as a distraction.
"That's actually a sea lion, not a seal, therefore you're completely wrong about everything" "Bullcrap, that's The pommel fallacy"
by Nonya Asole September 7, 2017
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jay's fallacy

The act of using big words to cover up an illogical argument.
Devin used Jay's Fallacy trying to act slick.
by Kav! June 10, 2019
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PE teacher fallacy

When PE teachers are fat as fuck, although they are supposed to be teaching physical fitness.
Why is Mr. Johnson so fat?

Dude its the PE teacher fallacy.
by Resistant December 14, 2019
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suck a dick fallacy

The idea that a straight man who has sucked a dick and decided he was still straight, is straighter than a straight man who has never sucked a dick.

The term was first came up with by Minecraft YouTuber Dream on Trainwrecktv's podcast on December 18th 2020 when discussing sexuality.
by Aquila1755 August 28, 2022
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One-sided coin fallacy

One-sided coin fallacy occurs when a person only looks at one side of things, hence ¨one-sided coin fallacy¨. It occurs when someone argues that an action can exist while being completely oblivious that said action must have an opposite reaction.
Person A: Why are governments so stupid man? They can just raise the minimum wage to get rid of poverty.

Person B: Lol, that´s a one-sided coin fallacy. You can´t only look at the minimum wage going up, you also need to realize that companies paying more on wages will just make all their products more expensive.
by @Junes December 4, 2022
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The Why School Fallacy

An American school system fault in which schools teach you unnecessary information, which makes students consider school meaningless
"Why the do I have to learn Alegbra, I wanna be a doctor!"

"It's just the Why School Fallacy".
by SesSeed October 7, 2023
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Clingy virgin's fallacy

When a person (typically a man) scores with a girl for the first time and then gets hung up over her after getting dumped by that girl. This is normally experienced by guys who kiss or fuck a girl for the first time and become emotionally invested, but end up getting their heart broken when the girl naturally moves on.
Chad: Hey Brad, have you seen Pete around anywhere? Haven't seen him since he got to 2nd base with that thot
Brad: Yeah she dumped his ass and moved on after she had her fun, but Pete's crying because he's hung up over her
Chad: Was she his first ever kiss?
Brad: Yeah man, looks like Pete's experiencing Clingy virgin's fallacy
by fagut May 31, 2017
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