Esquivalience

A fake word created by New Oxford American Dictionary as a countermeasure for copyright thieves. It its defined as "The willful avoidance of one's official responsibilities"

Keep in mind, this is a FAKE word, not real. :/

Those who plagiarize others works in order to cut their own work load are exerting esquivalience.

Esquivalience by FurryBallsMenacinglyOnTheTable November 24, 2016

Esquivalience

The wilful avoidance of one's official responsibilities.

Trap streets serve a purpose, but are also a blatant esquivalience towards the navigating public.

Esquivalience by Jakob Maria Mierscheid March 11, 2007

Esquivalience

The act of putting a fake word in your dictionary to trick others who copy your dictionary into admitting it without knowing it, like how New Oxford American Dictionary put in the word "Esquivalience" into their dictionary, and when dictionary.com had that word, New Oxford American Dictionary could report them for copying their dictionary

Human 1: Wow did you hear about how New Oxford American Dictionary tricked dictionary.com into admitting that they copied their dictionary?

Human 2: No, I did not! What happened?

Human 1: Well New Oxford American Dictionary esquivalienced them!

Human 2: Really? Wow!

Human 1: Yes, and after proving that they were copying, New Oxford American Dictionary could shut down dictionary.com after absorbing all their assets, by making them file for bankruptcy! Then, New Oxford American Dictionary found the owner of dictionary.com and sued him for millions, causing him to have to pay up his daughter's college fund, his and his wife's retirement fund, their pensions, their 401ks, their savings, and the deed to their house, causing him to declare personal bankruptcy! Then, they found him hungry on the street, and hired 4 thugs to beat him up, leading to him going to the hospital, and was only half-treated due to his lack of insurance and lack of savings! Then, he spent 14 years as an indentured servant to pay off the remainder of his lawsuit, and finally, 3 more years to pay back his hospital bills! He died homeless, starving to death, along with his wife and 2 children who also ended up dying, after being unable to afford food.

Human 2: That'll teach 'em not to copy off of New Oxford American Dictionary! Copyright for the win!

Esquivalience by StrattoniteGamer February 26, 2021

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Two copyright traps are better than one.

I am evil and willl put in a billion esquivalienceesquivalience traps in my dictionary book.

esquivalienceesquivalience by anameimallowed to use April 1, 2019

false equivalence 

When used on Reddit or other social media, a claim of false equivalence is not, as one might expect, pointing to a fallacy of inconsistency. Instead, the term is indignant shorthand indicating that the respondent is offended that someone had the audacity to make a comparison that illustrated how ridiculous, unreasonable, and/or stupid the thing they said really was.

Comparing Hitler to Stalin is a false equivalence.

false equivalence by Fifth Finger of Fate March 23, 2018

False equivalence 

Used when a liberal has absolutely no comeback for your undeniable facts and comparisons. Employed when they have no rebuttal and completely run out of feelings.

Well thats just false equivalence. Explain to me how it is. It just is so your facts are now rendered useless to me

False equivalence by Qrut September 17, 2020

Bermuda Equivalence

The realization that a coastal location's warm winter climate is just a highly insulated maritime bubble rather than a true tropical ecosystem. It exposes the fact that places like Bermuda or Key West rely entirely on the Gulf Stream to cheat death on paper, while their local flora spends four months a year starved of actual winter light.

Person A: "Bermuda is rated Zone 11b and Köppen Af, which is the exactly the same as parts of the Caribbean!"
Person B: "That's just the Bermuda Equivalence. You've got a great hot-water radiator to look good on paper, but your winter light levels are a total joke."

Bermuda Equivalence by Subtropical_Realist October 10, 2026