Vā'-kənt mɪrərɪŋ/ noun
"Vacant Rhetoric" "Vacant Imitation" "Vacant Rhetorical Mirroring"
- The practice of imitating or erroneously employing rhetoric, claims, or rhetorical devices insubstantially in substitution of substantive rhetoric or claims with the intention of falsely conveying substance.
- Mimicking substantive speech or rhetoric to imply substance to an insubstantial argument, position, or claim.
eg;
"Ronny is in an debate and resorts to a 'straw man' fallacy. His opponent points out his use of the straw man and wins the debate. In a later debate, Ronny, having lost the previous debate after his opponent accused him of using a 'straw man' fallacy, decides that he too will simply accuse his opponent of using a 'straw man' tactic and thereby win.
But since his opponent did not use a straw man tactic, Ronny still loses. Ronny has engaged in 'Vacant Mirroring'."
"Vacant Rhetoric" "Vacant Imitation" "Vacant Rhetorical Mirroring"
- The practice of imitating or erroneously employing rhetoric, claims, or rhetorical devices insubstantially in substitution of substantive rhetoric or claims with the intention of falsely conveying substance.
- Mimicking substantive speech or rhetoric to imply substance to an insubstantial argument, position, or claim.
eg;
"Ronny is in an debate and resorts to a 'straw man' fallacy. His opponent points out his use of the straw man and wins the debate. In a later debate, Ronny, having lost the previous debate after his opponent accused him of using a 'straw man' fallacy, decides that he too will simply accuse his opponent of using a 'straw man' tactic and thereby win.
But since his opponent did not use a straw man tactic, Ronny still loses. Ronny has engaged in 'Vacant Mirroring'."
"Her political opponent's Vacant Mirroring of her speech and rhetoric proved compelling to the voters."
"The news reporter Vacantly Mirrored the rhetoric of a reporter at a rival news agency to create the false impression that his reporting was just as legitimate as his rival's."
"The Vacant Mirroring of 'both sides-ism' convinced millions that both presidential candidates were corrupt."
"The news reporter Vacantly Mirrored the rhetoric of a reporter at a rival news agency to create the false impression that his reporting was just as legitimate as his rival's."
"The Vacant Mirroring of 'both sides-ism' convinced millions that both presidential candidates were corrupt."
by Texas Garth March 15, 2024
Get the Vacant Mirroringmug. The period starting around the late 2000s and ending with the Trump presidency. Evoking the Gilded Age, the term underscores the rampant tech idealism of the time, which ushered in drone warfare, platform capitalism, Amazon and the retailocalypse, and the
collection and sale of individuals' data (often with their assistance such as with the Ring scandal). Also of note: The paradoxical normalization/ encouragement of narcissistic behavior and the death of privacy (and thus certain modes of self-determination); the rise of a cyborgian mystical-scientific-sycretic wellness culture alongside inflated healthcare costs; the replacement of social movements with personal reckonings and managing your brand; echo chambers; the favoring of creative production that is archival or highly reflexive / referential; endless navel-gazey commentary.
collection and sale of individuals' data (often with their assistance such as with the Ring scandal). Also of note: The paradoxical normalization/ encouragement of narcissistic behavior and the death of privacy (and thus certain modes of self-determination); the rise of a cyborgian mystical-scientific-sycretic wellness culture alongside inflated healthcare costs; the replacement of social movements with personal reckonings and managing your brand; echo chambers; the favoring of creative production that is archival or highly reflexive / referential; endless navel-gazey commentary.
"After the protests started, Chad sent me $5 on venmo bc white fragility?? I called him out and now he's in a shame spiral that helps nobody."
"God, we need to get out of the Mirrored Age."
"God, we need to get out of the Mirrored Age."
by poocsytipoop January 21, 2021
Get the Mirrored Agemug. *gets air jerked into another guys face*
Jonah- “what just happened”
Noah- “some good ‘ol fashion mirroring”
Jonah- “what just happened”
Noah- “some good ‘ol fashion mirroring”
by Therealdylangreen February 25, 2025
Get the Mirroringmug. “Let’s get all the years that I was her friend (let’s get all the mirrors at the bottom of the well)”.
-16 mirrors
-16 mirrors
by notgoingtousemyrealname July 18, 2025
Get the 16 mirrorsmug. A spacetime mirror is a hypothetical construct in speculative physics and science fiction that reflects not just the three spatial dimensions but also the time dimension. Unlike a standard 3D mirror, which reverses light rays along an axis perpendicular to its surface, a spacetime mirror would reverse along a hyperplane perpendicular to 3+1 spacetime dimensions. The concept serves as a thought experiment to explore the complexities of higher-dimensional spaces and the nature of time.
In the sci-fi novel, the characters used a spacetime mirror to reverse the events of the past and alter the future.
by Phieyl September 5, 2023
Get the Spacetime Mirrormug. by Wooloke January 18, 2015
Get the Mirror rebootmug. "Let's have sex in front of a mirror"
"Was there a mirror involved"
"I play with myself while looking in the mirror at my reflection"
"Was there a mirror involved"
"I play with myself while looking in the mirror at my reflection"
by I like the name Ray more than April 11, 2021
Get the Mirrormug.