Skip to main content

lindsayism

A word or phrase that makes absolutely no sense to anyone except Lindsay.
Also see: Nonsense
Me: Do you like lindsayisms?
Lindsay: Word up kid!
Me & Danie: Lol hahaahahahaha DORKUS MALORKUS!!
Lindsay: Razor!
by Brad August 30, 2008
mugGet the lindsayism mug.
A version of Sokalism emerging from the Grievance Studies Affair, where the hoax is treated not as a critique of peer review but as definitive proof that entire fields are intellectually bankrupt. Boghossianism-Lindsayism-Pluckroseism is the ideology that because hoax papers were accepted, the fields they targeted (gender studies, queer theory, etc.) are illegitimate; because some scholarship is bad, all scholarship in those areas is worthless. It's Sokalism systematized, turned into a worldview that justifies dismissing vast areas of inquiry without engagement. Followers of this ideology don't need to read feminist theory; they just need to know about the hoax.
Example: "He'd built his entire critique of gender studies on the grievance studies hoax. Boghossianism-Lindsayism-Pluckroseism meant he never had to read actual feminist theory; the hoax told him everything he needed to know. He could dismiss an entire field based on a handful of fake papers—and feel intellectually superior doing it."
by Abzugal March 8, 2026
mugGet the Boghossianism-Lindsayism-Pluckroseism mug.

Share this definition

Sign in to vote

We'll email you a link to sign in instantly.

Or

Check your email

We sent a link to

Open your email