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Newman

Jerry's arch-enemy on Seinfeld.
Chunky Wrappers? Newman!
by Adrian September 16, 2006
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neima

shes the most beautiful girl youll ever meet. she is very shy at first but once you get to know her, shes fucking hilarious and a bit of a roadman. her eyes and body are the things that stand out. shes slim thick but hides it. has many friends and but never gone more than that. really smart and is obsessed with food and going out! all the guys want her but shes a bad bitch so she dont get them except from one lucky guy..........
"hey have you met neima?"
"no why?"
"you have to talk to her! shes so sexyy, wifey material yum"
by Loverandafighter47 December 7, 2019
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Colin Newman

The lead singer of the late seventies, early eighties punk band "Wire." Who went solo in the eighties to produce several albums, including the moderately successful song "Alone" which appeared on the soundtrack to "Silence of the Lambs."
by Styxhexenhammer August 30, 2009
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neumaning

Staying home from working, often useless.
I will be neumaning today.
by Iamawaysneumaning August 5, 2011
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neiana

She's The Most Hard Headed But Loveable Person In The World Even Tho She Might Fight A lot With Her Boyfriend She Loves Him Too Death.
Neiana is a good girl when she wants too be
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Newmanning

verb

1.
Deliberately misunderstanding an interlocutor, in bad faith, with the intention of mischaracterizing said interlocutor’s position in order to morally impugn her/him

2.

Misrepresenting a given position of an interlocutor and committing her/him more to bizarre and/or morally reprehensible ones.

(Esp. if the given position is a descriptive one, and it is misrepresented as a prescriptive one)

3.
After an interlocutor has taken a given position (as indicated by an action, set of actions, part of a statement, a statement, and/or a set of statements), prefacing with an indicator that the following mischaracterization is in fact an accurate representation of the position (e.g. "so, what you're saying is..."), and them misrepresenting the position, esp. when a neutral descriptive position is misrepresented as a bizarre and/or reprehensible prescriptive position.

Variants:

Newmaning

Related terms:
Straw-man Strawman Strawmanning Straw-manning Mischaracterization Mischaracterizing Misrepresentation Misrepresenting Logical fallacy Logical fallacies Sophistry Lies Lying Pilpul Jordan Peterson SJW Frame Ideologue
1
C:
"So you're saying"
*Bad faith misunderstanding*
"in your research,women are unhappy"
*mischaracterizing*
"dominating men"
*morally impugning(J's SexRel descriptions as vulgar D/s prescriptions)*
J:
Newman!

2

W:
Here:a pic of you with a Pepe flag;Pepe is called a hate symbol by the Left
J:
You're a.deliberately misunderstanding what Pepe is & what it stands for,b.mischaracterizing me as shamefully complicit in,or ignorant of what what you think Pepe really means&overstating the judgement of the Left;&c.morally impugning me implying I support hate:ergo Newmanning

3
P:

Anti-"Chain Migrant"(CM) Conservatives want to remove from Americans the right to sponsor family
S:
The more American your family is,the less you possess "right" to sponsor CM.There's a net negative impact from a "right" to sponsor CM, including nepotism.
P:
So,your concept of 'real' Americans is those who aren't immigrants or their families.Only Natives apply.Racist

S:
Think before castigating.If you're a US citizen but your family members aren't,you get to sponsor them as CM.If they're Americans,however,you don't have any privilege to sponsor CM. When you say"So,your concept of",it's to preface a deliberate bad-faith misunderstanding,equivalent to"what you're saying is"; when you say"your concept of 'real' Americans is those who aren't immigrants or their families.Only Natives apply",it's mischaracterizing my position; when you say"Racist", it's to morally impugn me:you Newmanner
by NewmannerExtraordinaire February 7, 2018
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Newman Smith

The short word for "I live with sewer rats and eat condoms"
"Yeah, im a newman smith, i LOVE rats!
by Guy dude man bro fam bro dude January 24, 2022
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