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Cherry Picking

(also known as: suppressed evidence, fallacy of incomplete evidence, argument by selective observation, argument by half-truth, card stacking, fallacy of exclusion, ignoring the counter evidence, one-sided assessment, slanting, one-sidedness)

Description: When only select evidence is presented in order to persuade the audience to accept a position, and evidence that would go against the position is withheld. The stronger the withheld evidence, the more fallacious the argument.
My political candidate gives 10% of his income to the needy, goes to church every Sunday, and volunteers one day a week at a homeless shelter. Therefore, he is honest and morally straight.

Explanation: What information was left out of the example is that this same candidate gives 10% of his income to needy prostitutes in exchange for services, goes to the bar every Sunday after church (and sometimes before), and only works at the homeless shelter to get clients for his drug dealing business.

This is a prime example of cherry picking.
by Information Daily March 10, 2014
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Cherry Bell

The state of having no drip that everyone laughs about your style and calls your outfits “dead fits”
William decided to wear a Chicago bulls tshirt with Jordan 1s everyone called him cherry bell
by Golden Nonce April 26, 2023
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Super Chill Cherry Cola

When you don't have enough money to afford brand name cherry colas. Only this cola is better because it offers the drinker super human abilities to drive cars on 2 or less tires.
"Wanna see something cool, hold my super chill cherry cola."

See :youtube.com/watch?v=dM2tiu8zS0E for an example
*note the man brandishing the can in his hand in triumph.*
by Big Blacky Blaq July 13, 2009
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anal cherry

The virginity of a hiney. If your hiney gets fucked, you lose your anal cherry.
When Jack felt how loose Mindy's hiney was, he knew her anal cherry had been plundered away long ago.
by Katey McShea July 30, 2007
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Popping a cherry

Sexual intercourse where the hymen is broken, primarily occurs in virgin females.
I popped my girlfriend's cherry, it was her first time.
by meepster March 24, 2005
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chic a cherry cola

A phrase from the 1996 song "I Want You" by Savage Garden. This phrase may have made some people refer to this song as the "Chic a Cherry Cola Song," because this incredible song was sung at such a fast pace, few people can keep up with the lyrics. It is pure '90s, and pure awesomeness.
Anytime I need to see your face I just close my eyes, and I am taken to a place where the crystal mind and magenta feeling taken shelter in the base of my spine sweet like a chic a cherry cola.
by jonw1987 March 16, 2010
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cherry_operator

A 19 year old male with a hairy arm that went to olive garden
cherry_operator went to olive garden back in 2019
by 1x1 August 24, 2021
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