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Goon Poisoning

When you Goon while you have food poisoning. You Goon, Puke, and Shit all at the same time, the perfect trifecta of excrements.
I got food poisoning from red lobster so now I’m going to go goon poisoning.
by Bbl master February 23, 2024
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rat poison

food that tastes like almonds but it isn't almonds....
hey mate remember instead of a vegetable cube i put rat poison in your rice
by funny cube guy March 20, 2024
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Poisoning the Wellspring

A sophisticated form of "poisoning the well" conducted by dominant, hegemonic groups against subordinate or non-hegemonic groups. It involves preemptively discrediting an entire position, community, or field of inquiry by labeling it as "pseudoscience," "conspiracy theory," "flat-earthism," or similar pejorative tags, regardless of the actual validity of the arguments. This is done through legal, rhetorical, or institutional means to protect the status quo and dismiss challenges without engagement. It's a power move, not a truth-seeking one, designed to cut off dissent at the source by making its proponents seem inherently ridiculous or dangerous before they can even speak.
Example: "When the independent researchers presented data on the drug's side effects, the pharmaceutical giant didn't debate the science. They launched a full envenenando a nascente campaign, funding articles that lumped the researchers in with anti-vaxxers and crystal healers. Suddenly, anyone questioning the drug was 'anti-science,' and the actual data was never examined." Poisoning the Wellspring
by Abzugal January 30, 2026
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Poison Apple

Very tempting raging chemistry with a toxic person who will destroy your sanity and wellness.
Nah dog, she blew your mind, but then pressed the nuclear button sent you packing for no reason. It has been a month. Don’t go back now that she says you have to do better to get more lovin. She’s a poison apple.
by Studly Wordsmith February 7, 2026
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Poisoning of Fallacies

A advanced form of poisoning the well where the arguer preemptively declares that every argument their opponent might make is fallacious, therefore everything they say and any conclusion they reach is automatically false. This meta-fallacy creates an impenetrable fortress of dismissal: you can't use logic because logic is a tool of the patriarchy; you can't use evidence because evidence can be manipulated; you can't use emotion because emotion is irrational. Everything is contaminated, everything is suspect, and the only thing left standing is the poisoner's own position, which they've conveniently exempted from their own critique. The poisoning of fallacies is how you win arguments without ever engaging with them—by declaring the entire game rigged before it starts.
Poisoning of Fallacies Example: "In the debate, he poisoned all fallacies preemptively. 'Any statistics you cite will be biased,' he announced. 'Any personal experience will be anecdotal. Any expert opinion will be bought. Any logical argument will be a construct.' She asked what kind of evidence he would accept. He said 'none, because all evidence is tainted.' She realized she wasn't in a debate; she was in a performance where the goal was her silence."
by Dumu The Void February 15, 2026
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Poisoning the Argument

A specific form of Argumentum Ad Argumentum where adverse information about an argument is presented preemptively, before the argument itself is even made, with the intention of discrediting or ridiculing it in advance. The audience is primed to reject whatever follows based on its perceived category or affiliation. Classic example: "This is just relativism" or "This is postmodernism" said before someone presents a view that might be labeled as such. The poison works before the argument has a chance to speak. The audience is now inoculated: anything that sounds remotely like relativism is already dismissed, regardless of its actual content or merit. Poisoning the Argument is rhetorical preemptive strike—killing the argument before it's born, not by addressing its claims but by tainting its category.
Poisoning the Argument "Before I could even explain my perspective on knowledge, they said: 'Let me guess, this is going to be some postmodern relativist nonsense, isn't it?' That's Poisoning the Argument—they poisoned the well before I could drink. Now everything I say is heard through that filter. The argument never had a chance because the category was already condemned."
by Dumu The Void February 28, 2026
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