- choplogic
- noun Etymology: obsolete chop to exchange, trade, from Middle English choppen to barter Date: 1533 involved and often specious argumentation • choplogic adjective
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choplogic — I. ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ noun Etymology: chop (III) 1. : involved and often specious argumentation 2. obsolete : an absurdly argumentative person II. adjective … Useful english dictionary
choplogic — /chop loj ik/, n. 1. sophistic or overly complicated argumentation. adj. 2. Also, choplogical. exhibiting or indulging in choplogic. [1520 30; CHOP2 + LOGIC] * * * … Universalium
choplogic — chop•log•ic [[t]ˈtʃɒpˌlɒdʒ ɪk[/t]] n. 1) sophistic or overly complicated argumentation 2) exhibiting or indulging in choplogic • Etymology: 1520–30 … From formal English to slang
choplogic — chop·log·ic … English syllables
chop|log|ic — «CHOP LOJ ihk», noun, adjective. –n. 1. sophistical or contentious argument; hairsplitting: »Its choplogic…ordains that a man who kills with a gun may be hanged while a man who kills with a knife may not (Punch). 2. Obsolete. a person who bandies … Useful english dictionary
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beg the question — Synonyms and related words: about the bush, around the bush, beat about, beat around, bicker, boggle, cavil, choplogic, dodge, duck, equivocate, evade, evade the issue, fence, hedge, hem and haw, mystify, nitpick, obscure, palter, parry, pick… … Moby Thesaurus
