When a word is forcefully broadened to the point where it loses its purpose, not through natural evolution, but for the sake of inclusion or ideology. Broadening something so much it renders its purpose non existent or lesser as a result.
“The sky is grey”
“What? It’s blue!”
“Grey just means any color that isn’t white!””
“That’s just a dilution fallacy, grey means a specific color, spontaneously ditching that for your opinion is insane!”
Alternatively:
“Let Timmy have a drivers license!”
“But he can’t drive!”
“Don’t worry, drivers licenses are meant to include everyone! It just means anyone with an interest in qualifying for driving!”
“That’s just a dilution fallacy, it no longer means what it’s supposed to!”
“What? It’s blue!”
“Grey just means any color that isn’t white!””
“That’s just a dilution fallacy, grey means a specific color, spontaneously ditching that for your opinion is insane!”
Alternatively:
“Let Timmy have a drivers license!”
“But he can’t drive!”
“Don’t worry, drivers licenses are meant to include everyone! It just means anyone with an interest in qualifying for driving!”
“That’s just a dilution fallacy, it no longer means what it’s supposed to!”
by NathanMcCulley June 12, 2025
Get the Dilution Fallacy mug.The willing ignorance of an individual behind a piece of work that was created with the assistance of AI for the purposes of focusing solely on the AI itself or dismissing the work's creator.
I could have just used "Created by AI" in the above sentence, but that in of itself is an example of The Monika Fallacy, as AI is incapable of creating anything without some kind of human input.
by Barbara Kirkland8702 December 25, 2023
Get the The Monika Fallacy mug.The Goomba Fallacy refers to a phenomenon in which two groups with contradictory views are perceived as one group that contradicts itself.
This often happens on internet fandoms where due to large amounts of people interacting anonymously, it creates the illusion of people wanting multiple contradictory things at a time when in fact it is the result of disagreements between multiple sub-groups in the fandom.
This often happens on internet fandoms where due to large amounts of people interacting anonymously, it creates the illusion of people wanting multiple contradictory things at a time when in fact it is the result of disagreements between multiple sub-groups in the fandom.
"First fans wanted a larger cast, and now they want a smaller cast, these people don't know what they want!"
"Are you sure it isn't Goomba Fallacy?"
"Are you sure it isn't Goomba Fallacy?"
by Jz1207 July 18, 2024
Get the Goomba Fallacy mug.The Fryan Fallacy is when you don't know what you're talking about and link the first thing you find on google that you think supports your opinion, but it outright refutes it.
by JimmyJimJimmm January 16, 2019
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You committed the Bullshit Fallacy when you called my argument a fallacy when it's completely logical. Either make an actual argument or shut the fuck up.
by Mr. Walters January 23, 2025
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Stephen is committing the Maxwell Fallacy when he asks ChatGPT leading questions to get the answer he wants and posts the screenshots in the B2M group as proof
by Baw2Man April 8, 2025
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