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Newmertz Conspiracy

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When you don't mention a term in class but you still put it multiple times on the test.
Person 1: Man that test was hard
Person 2: Yea, there was definitely a newmertz conspiracy cause I didn't know any of those terms
by mertzmemes December 5, 2016
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verb

1.
Deliberately misunderstanding an interlocutor, in bad faith, with the intention of mischaracterizing said interlocutor’s position in order to morally impugn her/him

2.

Misrepresenting a given position of an interlocutor and committing her/him more to bizarre and/or morally reprehensible ones.

(Esp. if the given position is a descriptive one, and it is misrepresented as a prescriptive one)

3.
After an interlocutor has taken a given position (as indicated by an action, set of actions, part of a statement, a statement, and/or a set of statements), prefacing with an indicator that the following mischaracterization is in fact an accurate representation of the position (e.g. "so, what you're saying is..."), and them misrepresenting the position, esp. when a neutral descriptive position is misrepresented as a bizarre and/or reprehensible prescriptive position.

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Newmaning

Related terms:
Straw-man Strawman Strawmanning Straw-manning Mischaracterization Mischaracterizing Misrepresentation Misrepresenting Logical fallacy Logical fallacies Sophistry Lies Lying Pilpul Jordan Peterson SJW Frame Ideologue
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C:
"So you're saying"
*Bad faith misunderstanding*
"in your research,women are unhappy"
*mischaracterizing*
"dominating men"
*morally impugning(J's SexRel descriptions as vulgar D/s prescriptions)*
J:
Newman!

2

W:
Here:a pic of you with a Pepe flag;Pepe is called a hate symbol by the Left
J:
You're a.deliberately misunderstanding what Pepe is & what it stands for,b.mischaracterizing me as shamefully complicit in,or ignorant of what what you think Pepe really means&overstating the judgement of the Left;&c.morally impugning me implying I support hate:ergo Newmanning

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P:

Anti-"Chain Migrant"(CM) Conservatives want to remove from Americans the right to sponsor family
S:
The more American your family is,the less you possess "right" to sponsor CM.There's a net negative impact from a "right" to sponsor CM, including nepotism.
P:
So,your concept of 'real' Americans is those who aren't immigrants or their families.Only Natives apply.Racist

S:
Think before castigating.If you're a US citizen but your family members aren't,you get to sponsor them as CM.If they're Americans,however,you don't have any privilege to sponsor CM. When you say"So,your concept of",it's to preface a deliberate bad-faith misunderstanding,equivalent to"what you're saying is"; when you say"your concept of 'real' Americans is those who aren't immigrants or their families.Only Natives apply",it's mischaracterizing my position; when you say"Racist", it's to morally impugn me:you Newmanner
by NewmannerExtraordinaire February 7, 2018
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carson-newman university

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a small shitty school in Jefferson, City TN. 70% of the students are athletes. 10% are nursing students. other 20% are kids from Knoxville that are too scared to go to UT.
The students that go to carson-newman university are like the home-schooled kids in high school.
by madiekay December 2, 2017
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Newman

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Jerry Seinfelds Arch nemises
Newman:
Hello Jerry

Jerry:
Hello Newman
by cory lahey March 1, 2008
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Colin Newman

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A punk/experimental rock artist from the late seventies and eighties who produced the song "Alone," found on the soundtrack to "Silence of the Lambs."

Was formerly a member of the band "Wire."
Man 1: Colin Newman makes some frigging weird shit.
Man 2: I know, I went to a concert and shit in a soda can so I could slop the filthy mix on my face and make out with my transvestite girlfriends.
by Styxhexenhammer August 29, 2009
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newman

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Jerry's fat annoying neighbor on the show Seinfeld, he works as a postman and he is a good friend of Kramer, and sometimes joins Kramer in his "get rich quick" schemes.
Newman is also responsible for bringing fleas into jerry's apartment as seen on the show.
His actor is Wayne Knight.
Newman: Hello, Jerry.
Jerry: Hello, Newman.
by Mario-Dx January 2, 2009
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