Conorate

When you ruin something by overanalyzing and nitpicking

Don’t conorate the analogy, it works if you don’t think about it too much.

by Ergg1 December 22, 2023

Contratextualize

To make less sense in specific context than it does in abstract context. The obscuring of a definition by a context that does not make sense.

Lydia and Brian are walking down an empty road.

B: Why are you hanging onto the hem of my coat?
L: Because I'm small and afraid of getting lost in a crowd.

While Lydia's rationalization makes perfect sense in abstract, in the context of not having a crowd to get lost in, her rationalization is entirely misdirected. The sentence of explanation that precedes the sample dialogue contratextualizes.

by JohnKeats February 4, 2014