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Fallacy of the predetermined outcome

A phrase frequently used by Yankees announcer Michael Kay to refer to the flawed logic behind thinking that event x is set in stone and would have happened regardless of all events leading up to it.
Michael kay:” You don’t want to fall victim to the fallacy of the predetermined outcome, but you have to wonder how things are different if the umpire called that pitch a strike.”
by Lolknicks April 9, 2021
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Sturgeon Falls

A small town about a half hour west of North Bay, in Northern Ontario, known for its 2 major chip stands, which are across the street from one another. Sturgeon Falls is primary a French Canadian town, and is located on Lake Nipissing. Shopping attractions include the Bargain Shop and Giant Tiger.
Hey I have a craving for some poutine, let's go to Sturgeon Falls!
by skippinit March 4, 2011
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no true douchebag fallacy

It is a logical fallacy that can be identified as when someone says something so absolutely ridiculous and stupid you just want to slap them with your dick because they seriously believe the shit they're saying.
My Roommate: Seriously, if Flash ran into space fast enough he would take all of the air with him.

Me: It really doesn't work that way.

My Roommate: You're fucking stupid, how the fuck did you even get into college?

Me: That is a textbook no true douchebag fallacy *dick slap to the face*
by Bitch Puddin' April 3, 2012
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Great Falls

Great Falls Montana, if you are native american or black this place is more shitter than North Korea or equal.
You do not choose to live in Great Falls, you are born in Great Falls.
by Reky420AltAcc August 29, 2021
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Iguazu Falls

Iguazu Falls - Niagara Falls of South America ,

The Iguazu River rises near the heart of the city of Curitiba. For most of its course, the river flows through Brazil; however, most of the falls are on the Argentine side. Below its confluence with the San Antonio River, the Iguazu River forms the border between Argentina and Brazil.

Aerolíneas Argentinas has direct flights from Buenos Aires to Iguazu International Airport. Azul, GOL, & LATAM Brasil offer services from main Brazilian.

The Iguazu Falls experience a humid subtropical climate.
Iguazu Falls, The name Iguazú comes from the Guarani or Tupi words "y" , meaning "water", and "ûasú "waˈsu, meaning "big". Legend has it that a deity planned to marry a beautiful woman named Naipí, who fled with her mortal lover Tarobá in a canoe. In a rage, the deity sliced the river, creating the waterfalls and condemning the lovers to an eternal fall.3 The first European to record the existence of the falls was the Spanish Conquistador Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca in 1541.
by Blu_leef May 7, 2023
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fallacy

In logic, a fallacy is an incorrect conclusion. This may result in one of two ways.
1. If the structure of the argument is not correct at all, it is called a 'formal' fallacy. One, or both, of the first two propositions would be written incorrectly in relation to the other.
2. If the structure is correct in the first two propositions, but the conclusion is not put together properly, it is called an 'informal' fallacy.

The usual example of an argument that has no fallacy is:
Socrates is a man.
All men are mortal.
Therefore: Socrates is mortal.

Each sentence is a proposition. No propositions in an argument must be factually true to in order to create an argument with no fallacy; they must only follow the rules of logic. It is when the structure, the rules of logic, does not conform to the 256 various forms of a syllogism, it will contain a 'formal' fallacy. When only the conclusion does not follow the rules, it is an 'informal' fallacy.

Search for 'moods and figures of logic' for a full account of structure in logic.
1. It is a formal fallacy to say
Socrates is a man.
Dogs are mortal.
Therefore: Socrates is a dog. The second premise must contain either 'Socrates' or 'man' ('men), and in the right order. This is what is meant by the 'structure' of the argument.

2. It is an informal fallacy to say:
Socrates is mortal.
Dogs are mortal.
Therefore: Dogs are Socrates. The first two propositions are written correctly by the rules of logic, but the conclusion is written incorrectly.

Search for 'moods and figures of logic' for a full account of structure in logic.
by ceclark May 10, 2012
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Fallabama Chocolate Chip Waffle

A sex act almost identical to the Fallabama Waffle. A person shit on their partners chest and smashes it down with his ass cheeks, he then mushroom stamps the shit paddy, thus simulating the ov a waffle. Then the person scrapes their partners dingle berries out ov their ass crack and flicks them off ov his penis onto the shit waffle. Thus creating the look ov chocolate chips. Then the person jizzs on it to simulate the look ov syrup.

Note: To simulate strawberry syrup use one of the three methods below.

1. Screw a women while shes on her period and flick the blood off of the penis onto the shit waffle.

2. Screw the person in the asshole until they bleed then flick the blood off of the penis onto the shit waffle.

3. Slit your own penis with a knife and pour the blood onto the shit waffle.
by BigEvil13 December 13, 2010
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