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Ad Graminum

An attack on an opponent's grammar to completely discredit his/her argument.

See Ad hominem.
Faiz: I spent a good half-hour typing out an argument for nothing, because someone used Ad Graminum and pointed out my "your" that should have been "you're".

Julian: You deserved that.

Brian: The Lakers are fundamentally a much better team, they're offense is-
Julian: HA! "THEIR"!
Brian: Fuck you.
Ad Graminum by jschoo March 12, 2012
Related Words

Garmondius 

GOD, SUPREME LEADER, Inventor of the Shop Queue
What else is there to do in life than praise Garmondius
Garmondius by Jim_Phelon July 6, 2021
gracon ate the ketchup thats been in her drawer for weeks now shes dead :(
gracon by mjjjjjjj June 19, 2019

Garmonbozia 

The word for "Pain and Sorrow" in the David Lynch film "Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me". People's garmonbozia is collected and eaten by the demonic beings who inhabit the Black Lodge, and when they eat it, it visually resembles creamed corn.
The Man from Another Place : "Bob, I want all my Garmonbozia"

gramophoneshane 

gramophoneshane, a gay male, typically interested in Broadway show music played on early gramophone or phonograph machines.

More popularly used in Australia and New Zealand. a variation of the english slang poof shane, meaning a homosexual. Specifically a gramophoneshane is often a thin, small framed gay male, the equivalent in english is "twink"
gramophoneshane has an excellent collection of 1930's Broadway musical hits.

gramophone

An Edwardian equivalent of a CD player, which played flat black discs and powered by a spring that was wound by hand. Usually had a large sound trumpet on top to amplify the sound.
Word is used in a derogatory way when refering to (once) popular music that is out of date or old fashioned.
At a party, "I've brought my Abba CD's"
Host: "I'll wind up the gramophone"
gramophone by Timof3 July 29, 2008