strawman

1. Any political issue that holds little or no importance intended to sway voters, usually by fear.

2. A manufactured resistance to an issue, related to astroturfing.

3. A scapegoat.

"Them demon-crats gonna take away all R guns!"

"That's a strawman issue, Cletus."

by Captain Neatoman October 17, 2004

Straphanger

Noun. A paratrooper that is not listed on an approved jump manifest, and is trying to get a jump on stand-by.

Verb. The act trying to get on a jump without being on a jump manifest.

N. The straphanger made it onto the jump after two jumpers were scratched due to injuries.

V. Snuffy should straphang on that other unit's jump before he loses jump pay.

by A70man September 21, 2017

strawman

A logical fallacy where someone unintentionally or purposely twists something someone else says during an arguement. It is mostly used on purpose by oversensitive snowflakes who distort something someone is saying to fit their own narrative or they can begin an argument of their own.

Person reads that an individual passed away due to complications of covid-19 on the media.

Person 1. That person was over 80 and had underlying health conditions.

Person 2. So it's ok for old people are people in ill health to die of covid?

Person 1. Now that there is the classic strawman fallacy. I didn’t say that, I was just stating the possible reasons why he/she passed due to covid-19.

by UltimateDoge December 12, 2020

stradman

Owns lots of cars and says they sound like a fusion vacuum

Stradman is the best

by Tmvvv December 21, 2020

ScrapMan

A small Youtuber with over 450k subscribers, majorly consisting of sandbox/engineering let's plays of games such as Scrap Mechanic, Trailmakers, Main Assembly, and others. He also has a killer braid on the back of his head.

Person 1 : Hey, have you ever heard of ScrapMan?
Person 2 : Yeah you mean the dishwasher in restaurants?

by Sloonder September 8, 2020

straphanger

someone from new york or new jersey and uses the word 'summer' as a verb. derived from the legend that they hang from straps on the subways.

come june all the straphangers will be coming back to summer on the island.

by dave4817 November 23, 2004

Strawman

Creating a caricature for your opposition so you don't have to contest with the actual arguments. Willfully misrepresenting an argument so you don't have to be wrong.

He used words to prove I was wrong. So, I ignored what he said and created a strawman to beat up on in front of my friends. They will agree with whatever I say because of course they are going to believe me over them. And they saw me beat up that strawman so they don't see any reason to listen to what he has to say. They will never know the difference between what his actual argument was and the strawman I created to represent their argument.

by Hym Iam December 4, 2020