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why is bre accusationing me of that matter
by lihoe October 25, 2025
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boneless accusation

an accusation that lacks merit, is unfounded or otherwise baseless

usually comes about when talking about food
My brotha from another mother, I'm sick of these boneless accusations coming from you tonight
by RushIori August 25, 2019
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Diverse Argumatinaty

When some one is very fluent at arguing with strangers online.
She is well trained in diverse argumatinaty.
by anonymous December 3, 2020
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sideways accusation

A ad-hoc phrase, generally summoned by pedantic bullies attempting to ward away any valid criticism of their conduct. Its form is ineffable, but can be identified when curses spew from the conjurer's cowardly lips, unjustly redirected into another misdirection.

The term "sideways accusation" was first encountered in the wild on August 08, 2021. The user is likely unaware of the logical fallacies found within their checkerboard rhetoric, but such is the way of the errant phlyarologist, doomed to the gunwales ideology .
" This kind of sideways accusation is sleazy shit that can fuck right off." - Pedantic Jimmy
"The universe is an deserted aqueduct and I'm calling my mom to pick me up" - Napoleon H. Chirst
"Get someone else to partake in your downward exoneration, because my boots won't stand for it!" - See, Anyone Can Do It!
by oddcodes August 6, 2021
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Witch Accusation

An accusation made against someone of something so others don't accuse the accuser of that thing.

Origin: During the time of the Salem Witch Trials, people would accuse their neighbors of being witches so that people would not accuse them.
The gay person made a witch accusation and accused the trans person of being a predator in the hopes that they wouldn't be called a predator themself.
by Shugunou January 28, 2023
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"I'm conflating accusations with confessions... Like... Totally deliberately."
Shit-lib "Every accusation is a confession!"

Hym "No it isn't. Not when I'm doing it."
by Hym Iam July 17, 2024
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The rhetorical move of accusing someone of believing in or promoting pseudoscience as a way of dismissing their claims without engagement. The accusation functions as social and intellectual exclusion—positioning the target as gullible, irrational, or unsophisticated. The fallacy lies in using the accusation itself as the argument, rather than addressing the actual evidence or reasoning. It's ad hominem by methodological association: you don't have to refute someone if you can successfully frame them as a "pseudoscience believer."
"I mentioned that I've found meditation and energy work helpful for my anxiety. Response: 'That's just pseudoscience—you're believing in woo.' That's Pseudoscience Accusation Fallacy—using the label to dismiss, not engaging my experience or the evidence. Whether it's 'pseudoscience' or not, my anxiety improved. The label doesn't negate the outcome; it just avoids engaging it."
by Dumu The Void February 28, 2026
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