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man strap

synonymn for jockstrap
Hey dude your new 'man strap' really shows off your assets!
by RICKY SHOFFELBERGER April 20, 2005
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man strap

Noun,A large prostetic device; can vary in colour in shape and size.
John purchased a "man strap" from peter.
by gman March 10, 2005
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Strawman

The strawman or straw man, seems to be the only logical fallacy that most midwits online have ever heard of (except for maybe ad hominem). It does matter how irrelevant it is to the conversation, if the midwit is losing the argument they'll accuse you of using a "strawman". Most of them don't really know the definition. Also known as an "Aunt Sally" in the UK, or a "straw person" if you're woke.
You don't agree with me, so that is a strawman argument.
by RayBidd March 29, 2022
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Strawman

A purposeful attempt to distort the opponent's argument to make it easier to attack.
Person A: I think driving under the influence of alcohol is bad.

Person 2: Oh so we should ban alcohol?

Person 1: Well that's a strawman and a half......
by UltimateDoge September 3, 2021
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Strawman Of Unusual Size

A strawman argument so ridiculous, it's inconceivable.

Acronym: S.O.U.S.
“Why don’t Republicans want kids to know how to not be racist?”

"A Strawman Of Unusual Size? I don't think they exist"
by FTJM October 20, 2022
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Strawmanning

A type of trolling where the Troller attempts to pwn someone by claiming something they said means something totally different to what that actually meant.
Innocent Person: "I think it is important that school children wear school uniforms".

Strawmanning Person: "Hitler believed in people wearing uniforms, are you trying to make all children Nazis?"

Innocent Person: No, that is not at all what I meant!

Strawmanning Person: Ha! I pwned you!
by Netal Beattie November 16, 2011
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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
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