1: a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is uttered in sincerity, but critical analysis reveals the opposite is true. When encountered, readers or listeners who possess the strange ability to think for themselves often experience symptoms ranging from mild disbelief to severe cognitive discomfort.
2: A portmanteau derived from the Latin words “Adversus” for opposite, and “Affor” to speak.
2: A portmanteau derived from the Latin words “Adversus” for opposite, and “Affor” to speak.
Adversaphor Examples:
Creationist: “Evolution is the biggest lie ever told. If we evolved from monkeys, why are there still monkeys?”
Right-winger: “americans’s are unedukated and stupid, that’s why thy voted for obama.”
Christian: “You atheists are soooo ignorant. Where is your scientific evidence that god doesn’t exist?”
Aryan dude: “All niggers are totally racist.”
Creationist: “Evolution is the biggest lie ever told. If we evolved from monkeys, why are there still monkeys?”
Right-winger: “americans’s are unedukated and stupid, that’s why thy voted for obama.”
Christian: “You atheists are soooo ignorant. Where is your scientific evidence that god doesn’t exist?”
Aryan dude: “All niggers are totally racist.”
by TheThinkingAnimal April 27, 2013