hyperthetical

Describes an idea of what could conceivably happen if someone was strung out on candy.

What would a family's life be like --- hyperthetically --- if da parents let their children have all da sweets they wanted?

by QuacksO March 6, 2023

Hyperthetical

(Hi-pur-th-eh-tee-cal)
The dishonest practice of creating a hypothetical situation so extreme, that any honest answer to it would make the defending party seem utterly morally dubious to force a dishonest concession rather than any actual logical consensus on the topic.

"If god told you to kill a baby would you do it? Because in the old testament in the book of Samuel; he did!!"
"That's a "Hyperthetical" God wouldn't make us do that in a post new covenant world!"

by Robert_Jenkin July 24, 2025