Pseudocite

When you quote your own secret alter ego to make yourself sound smarter, more credible, or like someone agrees with you… but surprise! It’s just you.
Example:

“According to renowned economist Chad Flexington, my plan is genius.”
— Bro, did you just pseudocite yourself?

by Team420 April 5, 2025

Pseudopede

a mature person who accepts minors to hang out with them out of sympathy/empathy about wanting to make it with elders. because anarchy.

Chatter: 40 m usa
Chatter: asl
Chatter B: 13 m usa
Chatter: *doesn't sign out as minors would normally expect and continues for booty*
Chatter B: thanks pseudopede at least you understand :)

by PorcupineCanadian September 22, 2015

Pseudoscience

A science that doesn't pretend to be fact or accurate (like real science), where someone could say just about anything and people would still think it sounded good, kind of like religion.

People like astrology for the same reason they like religion, it's bullshit that sounds good (and doesn't have to come with a bunch of numbers that sound accurate like science or math). Calling it a pseudoscience is deceptive because it makes all other sciences sound responsible, true, and real when scientists are really the least socially responsible people, just like astrologers, except scientists are worse because people take their information as fact and not misinformation.

by The Original Agahnim November 13, 2021

PseudoMidnight

PM obviously stands for pseudomidnight because what else could it stand for

"Hey bro what time is it?"
"Oh, it's uhhh 3:37 pseudomidnight."

by Quillion P Prime April 8, 2025

PseudoMidnight

PM obviously stands for PseudoMidnight because what else would it stand for

"Hey bro what time is it?"
"Oh, it's uhhh 3:37 pseudomidnight."

by Quillion P Prime April 8, 2025

Pseudoscientificaphenomenalistic

Pseudoscientificaphenomenalistic: Adjective – Relating to or characterized by pseudo-scientific claims combined with extraordinary or phenomenal assertions, typically lacking credible evidence. Can be used as a manner, like pseudoscientificaphenomenalistically.

Many extraterrestrial lifes were found in very vast and various planets which scientists claim that it is a pseudoscientificaphenomenalistic clue that we may have a chance to live in that one multicellular-living planet.

by ChessLover April 25, 2025

Pseudoscience Equals False Fallacy

The blanket assertion that any claim labeled "pseudoscience" is automatically false, worthless, or beyond consideration. The fallacy lies in treating a methodological judgment (this doesn't meet scientific standards) as a truth judgment (this is false). But pseudoscience can contain true claims—astrology includes accurate psychological insights; homeopathy might include placebo effects that are real; ancient traditions often have empirical knowledge embedded in non-scientific frameworks. The label "pseudoscience" describes relationship to scientific method, not truth value. Using it as a synonym for "false" is category error dressed as critique.

Pseudoscience Equals False Fallacy "They dismissed acupuncture entirely with 'it's pseudoscience, so it's false.' That's Pseudoscience Equals False Fallacy. But acupuncture might work for some conditions, even if the traditional explanation isn't scientific. 'Pseudoscience' describes the framework, not the outcome. Truth doesn't require scientific packaging; dismissing everything in the package because the package isn't scientific is throwing out babies with bathwater."

by Dumu The Void February 28, 2026