1: too narrow a defining of the word/term in question
2: a definition that would not occur to a majority of the people asked
3: a definition of a word/term which precludes honest and open discussion of the topic
A definition of urban legend that narrows 'urban legend' to 'political urban legends' would be an unreasonable definition, only a person who knows that he could not win the argument otherwise would make such a claim.
When you have to pee in a movie but don’t want to miss anything, and must do the following mental equation: will the amount I have to pee cause enough discomfort to diminish my attention capacity for the remainder of the movie to an extent which is greater than the amount of the movie I would miss by making a mad dash to the restroom.
I saw Satantango last night, wonderful film but by the 5th hour I had to start doing pee calculus.
Short-hand for the word floccinaucinihilipilification, meaning the estimation of something as valueless (encountered mainly as an example of one of the longest words in the English language).