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Also known as Reductio ad Stalinum, Reductio ad Marxisum, Reductio ad Chomskynum, Reductio ad Bakunum/Reductio ad Bakuninum, Reductio ad Libertarianum, Reductio ad Leninum, or Red-tag, is a logical fallacy (part of ad hominem) when someone dismiss speaker's argument by accusing them as a leftist
A: You're fascist <=A is deliberately doing reductio ad Hitlerum by accusing B as a fascist
B: STFU you leftist liberal special snowflake <= B is deliberately doing red-bait fallacy by name-calling A as leftist liberal special snowflake
Red-bait by Sir. B February 16, 2021
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Red-Baiting 

A logical fallacy that consists of making an accusation that some person is a communist, often with the aim of discrediting them. It can also be used to discredit an idea. It's most used in politics, often by right wingers when discrediting anything slightly left leaning.
Red-Baiting can be boiled down to: "Anything I don't like is communist!"
Red-Baiting by LPBvgc June 20, 2025
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Redbait is a term that was coined between 1985-1990 it is used to describe a person with red hair.
James: Ron Howard is the greatest director of all time.

Bill: really? I don't watch movies made by redbaits.
Redbait by Redbait123456 January 14, 2019
A term used to describe individuals with red hair (typically male's)
Redbait by Redbait1234 January 14, 2019
A nickname used for people with red hair (usually males)
Hank: why does bill have freckles?

Bobby: because he's a god-damned Redbait.
Redbait by Redbait12345 January 13, 2019
To take something small, that doesn't quite qualify as a theft. Probably from the Danish "skæv" or the Dutch "scheef", both of which are pronounced similarly, meaning "askew, or not quite right'. To change an item's ownership without permission, but only something small and of little worth.
"I skeefed an apple off the neighbor's tree." "I skeefed some chips outta your bag when you looked away." "Don't skeef my chair when I go to the bathroom."
Skeef by kachinaflonk July 16, 2026
Word of the Day on July 17, 2026

Hair spider

A tight, tangled knot of loose hair and lint that forms inside clothing during the clothes dryer cycle. It typically hides inside garments, causing an annoying lump or a phantom tickling sensation against the skin until it is found or falls out onto the floor during folding.
I was folding my clothes and a huge hair spider fell out onto my hand
Hair spider by Kmorsels July 15, 2026
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