Logical Excuse Fallacy

A fallacy where you accuse your opponent of committing logical fallacies specifically to avoid dealing with the content of their arguments. The move uses "that's a fallacy" as a conversation-ender, not a genuine critique. Instead of showing why something is fallacious and what that means, the accuser simply labels and dismisses. The fallacy lies in treating fallacy identification as refutation—as if naming the error does the work of argument. Real fallacy analysis requires showing why the fallacy matters, how it affects the argument, and what remains after it's removed. Logical Excuse Fallacy skips all that and just declares victory.

Logical Excuse Fallacy "He spent the whole debate saying 'that's a straw man,' 'that's ad hominem,' 'that's hasty generalization'—never once engaging what I actually said. That's Logical Excuse Fallacy—using fallacy names as excuses to avoid argument. Real critique engages; labeling just dismisses. The fallacies may have been real; the excuse was the point."

by Dumu The Void March 3, 2026

Couch Excuse

An excuse that is somewhat valid, but not relevant to the scenario.

That's just a couch excuse!

by dandan8000 November 22, 2024

Sad excuse of a living person

Gavin.

This guy is a sad excuse of a living person

by Gordon Adams June 4, 2025

that's my excuse

when you give yourself a reason to postpone a task or job or an inconvenience you don't feel like doing.

yeah damn, I should mow the grass, but it's cloudy out and might rain, yea that's my excuse. excuse postponing lazy

by Marty5 April 7, 2013

The Eve excuse

The eve excuse is when someone is discussing a topic and says they hate a certain part of it, so to defend themselves they say they hate the entire topic as well.

excuser:i hate men
person:why do you hate them all?
excuser:i just hate all people in general lol(this is the eve excuse)

by iustu January 25, 2021

Pathetic poor excuse for a husband

Johnny Kerrigan

Johnny kerrigan was a pathetic poor excuse for a husband

by Byebyeloserzjkkgdscnji August 22, 2022

Maine state-capital excuse

"Augusta". Used to absolve someone of blame for assorted objects' being messily scattered about.

Da classic "Maine state-capital excuse", in knock-knock-joke form:
Knock, knock.
Who's there?
Augusta!!!
Augusta, who?
Augusta wind musta blown all those things around --- I never touched 'em.

by QuacksO February 15, 2023