Strawman defense

Sometimes referred to as the "Sovereign Citizen defense" where somebody sets defense of invalid arguments under the law and misinterpret an argument based around the United States is a corporation, spelled their name in all caps, citing rulings that have no bearing whatsoever in their court case. This type of defense is generally used anti-socials looking to avoid any form of accountability.

There's John using the strawman defense filing paperwork that he's not really "John" because they spelled his name in all caps in his discovery file and misusing court rulings from 150 years ago to claim they have no jurisdiction over him so they must let him go.

Darrell Brooks tried this type of argument which is growing im popularity amongst psychopaths and their defense.

by SchwarzenMann October 30, 2022

strawmanized

to incorrectly and unfairly make an opponent's argument seem as if it hold no water or has no weight nor bearing, as if the argument were a man, it would be easy to pushover. From a logic error when breaking down arguments, the "strawman" response to an argument.

Bush claimed that by voting down weapons ordinances, Kerry was against national defense, but he had really just strawmanized Kerry's argument.

by charliemiller February 2, 2005

straphanging

Standing on the tram, safe only by precariously holding on to the hand-rails coming down from the ceiling.

"The removal of two peak-hour trams will do nothing to ease the woes of those of us left straphanging on a nightly basis".

by Sammy J Sammy January 2, 2010

stratman

The last name of a man that where's shirts that are too tight for his body, loves tater tots and his nipples are always showing.

Look at the guys nipples showing through his shirt! He must be a stratman

by n_theman44 April 19, 2017

strawman method

keep just bringing up different random arguments that are way easier to argue about, because you know more about them

person 1: the letter h is better because it is harder to break

person 2: h causes extra weight which means less efficiency and reliability, it is also less aerodynamic

person 1: this isn't F1 stop using the strawman method

by h_lover28 January 20, 2022

Fool's Strawman

An argument strategy in which person A, after calling person B something derogatory, brings up misinformation on a subject which a person rightfully belonging under said derogatory label would be passionate about, even if the information is relatively common knowledge. If person B is struggling for a rebuttal and decides to instead criticize person A's lack of understanding of the subject as a means of degrading them, they will instead end up lending validity to person A's insult by appearing to be knowledgeable on topics which a person belonging to the derogatory label would normally be knowledgeable on. Anyone attempting a Fool's Strawman can appear less intelligent and jock-ish due to the nature of the maneuver, but is usually of higher intelligence than the person they are roasting. It is best explained by example:

A: Wow, I bet you jerk off to those Chinese hentais you f***ing f**g.
B: Haha, those are Japanese not Chinese, you can't even get that right? R****d.
A: I wouldn't know, I don't watch that s**t... you would know though.

As we can see, B falls right into the Fool's Strawman by showing some degree of knowledge on the topic of hentai, thus making A's accusations more credible. Let's keep going:

B: Wow you're so edgy, f***ing memelord using tricks he learned on Urban Dictionary and s**t.
A: What the f**k is a memelord? Are you one of those 4chan f****ts? Are you gonna be triggered if I don't get your gender right?
B: That's not a 4chan thing, that's Tumblr!
A: Sorry, I don't sit on my computer jerking off to hentai and going on 4chan instead of talking to girls.

by R@D November 8, 2016

Stramango

The preferred food of the Largynz, aside from marijuana. They are commonly found where no one has bothered to look. Though they look and smell similar to strawberry/mango, the chemical reaction within the body is often described as "dank" (by idiot potheads who have no bearing on what the word "DANK" actually means).

"After this game of Scrabble, do you wanna grab some stramango's and go for a merry-go-round ride?"

by Arsenic480 July 18, 2009