Gotham Special

To hang upside down above a criminal in an alleyway and blast out a turd that strikes the criminal while screaming "I'M BATMAN!!!"

Lenny robbed the liquor store yesterday but he came home all splattered in turd, someone must have pulled a Gotham Special on him.

by Chunkmastarr January 25, 2026

The Octopus-Joseph Special

When two people are muted in a voice call through an online platform (like Zoom, Discord, Skype, etc.) because they are stimulating each others penises' with their hands. This often leads to discomfort among the other participants in the voice calls, and it is advised that you should beat off your homies outside of voice calls, where it is less appropriate.

Person 1: "Yo why the fuck are Marvin and Brooklyn muted? They haven't said a word in the VC for 10 minutes!"

Person 2: "They're probably doing the Octopus-Joseph Special right now."

Person 1: "Erm, what the fuck?"

by Jon Dawg January 26, 2026

Special Picking

A more insidious form of selection that focuses on extraordinary, anomalous, or extreme cases and presents them as representative of the whole. It often involves picking the most emotionally charged or bizarre examples to provoke outrage or fear, making rational assessment of the typical case impossible.

Example: "The debate turned into special picking when he argued against immigration by focusing solely on the one, highly publicized crime committed by an immigrant last year. By specially picking this extreme, traumatic outlier, he painted a picture of universal threat, drowning out all statistical reality."

by AbzuInExile January 31, 2026

Special Logic

Creating a unique, ad-hoc, or personalized set of logical rules to defend a predetermined conclusion, especially when applied to a special case dear to the arguer. This logic often contradicts the general logic they apply to everything else and is immune to standard counter-argument.

Example: "He deployed special logic for his favorite politician: 'Sure, taking undisclosed money is corruption for others, but for him, it's just building pragmatic relationships to get things done for people like us.' The rules of cause, effect, and ethics were specially rewritten for that one person."

by AbzuInExile January 31, 2026

Special Rationality

A tailored system of reasoning used to justify actions or beliefs in a specific, often high-stakes or identity-linked, context. This rationality may include unique axioms or weightings of evidence that would not pass muster in general discourse but feel completely compelling within the special frame.

Example: "The cult leader's special rationality was airtight to his followers: 'The spacecraft is invisible to non-believers because their vibrations are low. The fact you can't see it with telescopes proves you need our cleansing ritual.' Within the special framework, the lack of evidence became the strongest evidence."

by AbzuInExile January 31, 2026

Special Argument

An argument designed for a unique, narrow, or highly technical context, often relying on jargon, specific legal precedents, or intricate details unknown to a general audience. It can be perfectly valid within its sphere but incomprehensible or irrelevant outside of it.

Example: "The lawyers spent hours on a special argument about the jurisdictional precedent under the maritime law of the 18th century as it applied to a digital asset transaction. It was critically important to the case and utter gibberish to anyone else in the courtroom."

by AbzuInExile January 31, 2026

Special Debate

A highly specialized, often technical debate conducted within a specific professional, academic, or subcultural community, using its own unique standards, terminology, and forms of evidence. To outsiders, it sounds like esoteric bickering.

Example: "The special debate in the theoretical physics seminar was over the holographic principle's implications for a specific black hole entropy calculation. To the room, it was a gripping, high-stakes intellectual duel. To the janitor mopping outside, it sounded like two wizards arguing in Elvish."

by AbzuInExile January 31, 2026