Tinny

An adjective meant to describe a word unpleasant to the sound or pronunciation. Opposite of Woody.

"'Sausage'! There's a good woody sort of word, 'sausage'. 'Gorn.'"
"'Antelope!'"
"Where? On the lawn?"
"No, no, Daddy. Just the word."
"Don't want antelope nibbling the hoops."
"No, no -- 'ant-e-lope'. Sort of nice and woody type of thing."
"Don't think so, Becky old chap."
"No, no -- 'antelope' - 'antelope', 'tinny' sort of word."
-- "The Woody Sketch" from Monty Python's Flying Circus

by The Logical Fallacy May 12, 2017

Redsploitation

A subgenre of exploitation film that focuses on native americans. Most commonly, native americans are portrayed by actors in red-face and involves exacting revenge on white antagonists.

"Somewhere in the grey area between the noble savage and the savage-savage lies the Redsploitation film. These gems of schlock cinema feature Natives getting off their knees and kicking white ass all over the West. The majority of these films follow a rigid formula: one hour of abusing the Native protagonist, and one hour of the Native protagonist murdering every white person who appears on screen. And like all great exploitation films, they're ridiculous in the best sense of the word. Apply your warpaint and ready the horses... it's time to unbury the hatchet."
WHAT IS REDSPLOITATION? - VICE

by The Logical Fallacy June 03, 2017

Knights Who Say 'Ni' Effect

When something good (or at the very least "okay") becomes insufferable by association with those who like and/or praise it.

In the time since then and the release of Portal 2, you'll be pleased to hear that I eventually did come up with a criticism for Portal 1: it's got the worst fucking fans in the world. Nothing ruins a good thing quite like knowing you share your opinions with mindless little tits who bray like mules if you so much as mention the word "cake," and the good thing in question can never be the same again. This is technically known as the "Knights Who Say 'Ni' Effect."
--Zero Punctuation

by The Logical Fallacy June 11, 2017

Arkham's razor

The weirdest explanation is the correct one. Opposite of Occam's razor.

Occam's razor says that people used primitive tech and slave labor build the pyramids. Arkham's razor says that Satan called in a favor from space aliens to build them in order to make people disbelieve in Jesus hundreds of years before he was born.

by The Logical Fallacy June 05, 2017

The Trend

A trend in the '60s and '70s where various rock bands would title themselves "The" followed by a random noun. Usually done to capitalize on the success of The Beatles.

The Animals, The Association, The Beatles, The Byrds, The Castaways, The Crusaders, The Doors, The Gentrys, The Keys, The Kinks, The Marbles, The Monkees, The Temptations, The Turtles, The Troggs, The Who, The Zombies, The Trend

by The Logical Fallacy May 24, 2017

The Three Gordon Rules

Rules used to create an immersive first-person video game.

1) make the protagonist silent
2) keep the cutscenes in first person

3) make sure the levels and maps flow seamlessly with one another.

"Valve's games pulled their players into their stories and worlds in amazing ways using a wide range of techniques, most of which we've boiled down into what we call The Three Gordon Rules!"
-- Hunt Down The Freeman - Just Bad Games

by The Logical Fallacy February 18, 2023

Foppington's Law

No matter how toxic or incorrect it might be, a specific opinion will quickly adopt pseudoscientific and metaphysical evidence to try and legitimize it, such as phrenology and personal belief.

Once bigotry or self-loathing permeate a given community, it is only a matter of time before deep metaphysical significance is assigned to the shape of human skulls.
-- ContraPoints definition of Foppington's Law

by The Logical Fallacy August 19, 2018