Attempts to refute an argument by showing that it matches a pattern of behavior typical of a person or group. What makes something right or wrong is the set of reasons for it, not the ability to recognize that it exists. (Can also be thought of as argument by pattern-matching.)
"You match a pattern of behavior or stereotype that I have described, therefore you are wrong."
"You match a pattern of behavior or stereotype that I have described, therefore you are wrong."
Libertarian bingo, liberal bingo, feminist bingo, MRA bingo, and pretty much any bingo card refutation are examples of bingo arguments.
by PaleBlueYacht May 13, 2013
When someone asks how many national championships does your college football team have and then says the college football team their a fan of has more national championships than your team does. It's usually a pointless attempt to say their team is good at that point in time because the roster their team had when they were winning has no relation to the roster their team has now. Deductively it's an epic fail, but may or may not partially be inductively sound. It's a common argument made by Alabama fans when Auburn fans try to say how good the Tigers are for the year, but can be used with any school that has won more national championships than a fierce rival.
State fan: "U of M sucks scrotum this year".
U of M fan: "Yeah? How many national championships does State have?"
State fan: "None, but Kirk Cousins shat on you guys last year and he'll do it again".
U of M fan: " WE STILL HAVE X NUMBER OF NATIONAL TITLES"
State Fan: "Drop the Alabama argument. You guys are still going to play like you sucked a fart out of my ass like a hit from a water bong"
Punches and rioting may follow
U of M fan: "Yeah? How many national championships does State have?"
State fan: "None, but Kirk Cousins shat on you guys last year and he'll do it again".
U of M fan: " WE STILL HAVE X NUMBER OF NATIONAL TITLES"
State Fan: "Drop the Alabama argument. You guys are still going to play like you sucked a fart out of my ass like a hit from a water bong"
Punches and rioting may follow
by pterygoid hamulus September 14, 2011
The intended title for a pornographic film project now in the works; intended to advance Texas jurisprudence.
by Marilyn February 4, 2005
The attempt during a debate to use a comparison between two weakly related items to make a point that any intelligent individual would immediately dismiss as laughable.
Jon used the broccoli argument to counter critics of abortion by saying: "Just to be on the safe side, don't masturbate anymore, you'll be committing genocide when you throw the tissue away"
Justice Antonin Scalia originated the broccoli argument while debating the Affordable Healthcare for America act: "Could you define the market — everybody has to buy food sooner or later, so you define the market as food, therefore, everybody is in the market; therefore, you can make people buy broccoli" -
Justice Antonin Scalia originated the broccoli argument while debating the Affordable Healthcare for America act: "Could you define the market — everybody has to buy food sooner or later, so you define the market as food, therefore, everybody is in the market; therefore, you can make people buy broccoli" -
by MadScribe April 7, 2012
A two part argument wherein the first part is a nod to the high road followed by the second part wherein the speaker reveals their real argument rooted in ignorance. Common argument style seen on FOX news.
Example: “Of course the Islamic Cultural Centre has a right to be located near ground zero however they aren’t being very sensitive to how people feel (Read: not being sensitive to speaker’s bigotry). That's a duplex argument.
by FightBigotry September 9, 2010
A fierce and unresolved argument between spouses/partners that ends up with one party sleeping on the couch.
"That argument that me and my husband had last night was so intense that it became a couch argument".
by Flyy4cat April 12, 2009
Having an argument on a counter top
by Lil queif January 23, 2020