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john neumann

This is the most handsome guy u will ever meet. When yu meet him it's like yu have met an angle living , charming , handsome, smart and intelligent
That guy is handsome , smart, talented , Charming. He takes all the girls he is probably a John Neumann
by Jk🇺🇬 January 29, 2022
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Von Neumann Steamroller

Like a Boston Steamroller, but everyone who takes it goes and does it to two more people. An exponential Steamroller.
Damn, the city of Newark went full Von Neumann Steamroller? That's whack.
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Cathy Newmanned

verb.
When a person twists the words of what another is saying to suit their own ideological narrative and to make said other person seem sexist, misogynistic, homophobic, Islamaphobic, etc. While starting the their rebuttal with "so you were saying."
I told her that I like Coca Cola and she Cathy Newmanned me by telling me I love Coca Cola Death Squads.
by Grey the Traitor January 31, 2018
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Alfred E. Neuman

the mascot/logo for MAD Magazine, represented by a person with freckles, buck teeth, messy brown/ginger hair big lips and a rediculous grin.
(person one)hey look, the new issue of MAD magazine

(person two) how do you know its a MAD magazine (aside from the giant title on the front cover)

(person one) because of the picture of alfred e newman
by m-37 January 27, 2005
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alfred e. neuman

Are you gonna vote for another weak Democrat or Republican or are you going to vote for Alfred E. Neuman? It should be the latter.
by Myxamatosis October 30, 2006
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neumaning

Staying home from working, often useless.
I will be neumaning today.
by Iamawaysneumaning August 5, 2011
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Newmanning

verb

1.
Deliberately misunderstanding an interlocutor, in bad faith, with the intention of mischaracterizing said interlocutor’s position in order to morally impugn her/him

2.

Misrepresenting a given position of an interlocutor and committing her/him more to bizarre and/or morally reprehensible ones.

(Esp. if the given position is a descriptive one, and it is misrepresented as a prescriptive one)

3.
After an interlocutor has taken a given position (as indicated by an action, set of actions, part of a statement, a statement, and/or a set of statements), prefacing with an indicator that the following mischaracterization is in fact an accurate representation of the position (e.g. "so, what you're saying is..."), and them misrepresenting the position, esp. when a neutral descriptive position is misrepresented as a bizarre and/or reprehensible prescriptive position.

Variants:

Newmaning

Related terms:
Straw-man Strawman Strawmanning Straw-manning Mischaracterization Mischaracterizing Misrepresentation Misrepresenting Logical fallacy Logical fallacies Sophistry Lies Lying Pilpul Jordan Peterson SJW Frame Ideologue
1
C:
"So you're saying"
*Bad faith misunderstanding*
"in your research,women are unhappy"
*mischaracterizing*
"dominating men"
*morally impugning(J's SexRel descriptions as vulgar D/s prescriptions)*
J:
Newman!

2

W:
Here:a pic of you with a Pepe flag;Pepe is called a hate symbol by the Left
J:
You're a.deliberately misunderstanding what Pepe is & what it stands for,b.mischaracterizing me as shamefully complicit in,or ignorant of what what you think Pepe really means&overstating the judgement of the Left;&c.morally impugning me implying I support hate:ergo Newmanning

3
P:

Anti-"Chain Migrant"(CM) Conservatives want to remove from Americans the right to sponsor family
S:
The more American your family is,the less you possess "right" to sponsor CM.There's a net negative impact from a "right" to sponsor CM, including nepotism.
P:
So,your concept of 'real' Americans is those who aren't immigrants or their families.Only Natives apply.Racist

S:
Think before castigating.If you're a US citizen but your family members aren't,you get to sponsor them as CM.If they're Americans,however,you don't have any privilege to sponsor CM. When you say"So,your concept of",it's to preface a deliberate bad-faith misunderstanding,equivalent to"what you're saying is"; when you say"your concept of 'real' Americans is those who aren't immigrants or their families.Only Natives apply",it's mischaracterizing my position; when you say"Racist", it's to morally impugn me:you Newmanner
by NewmannerExtraordinaire February 7, 2018
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