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chop logic at English => English (Moby Thesaurus II) Of Explained:

84 Moby Thesaurus words for "chop logic":
analyze, anatomize, argue, argufy, around the bush, atomize,
bandy words, beat about, beg the question, bicker, boggle, cavil,
change, choplogic, contend, contest, cross swords, cut and thrust,
desynonymize, difference, differentiate, discept, discriminate,
disequalize, disjoin, dispute, distinguish, diversify, divide,
dodge, equivocate, evade, evade the issue, fence, give and take,
hassle, have it out, hedge, individualize, individuate, join issue,
lock horns, logomachize, make a distinction, mark, mark off,
mark out, modify, moot, mystify, nitpick, obscure, palter, parry,
particularize, personalize, pettifog, pick nits, plead, polemicize,
polemize, prevaricate, pussyfoot, quibble, refine a distinction,
segregate, separate, set apart, set off, sever, severalize, shift,
shuffle, shy, sidestep, spar, specialize, split hairs, take sides,
tergiversate, thrash out, try conclusions, vary, wrangle

chop logic at English (WD) Of Explained:

==English==

Alternative forms

* chop-logic, choplogic (noun and adj.)

Adjective

Inter: en-adj » head=chop logic|-
  • Inter: context » of an argument|sometimes|hyphenated Characterized by equivocation or by overly complex or specious argumentation; improperly reasoned.
    1. 1974, T. E. Kalem, "Bard Becalmed," Time, 1 Jul.:
    2. : Many of the jokes are far past saving and a good bit of the chop logic word play is tedious word work.

      Synonyms

      * choplogical, illogical

      Noun

      Inter: en-noun » head=chop logic


  • Inter: uncountable » sometimes|hyphenated Chopped logic: reasoning which is improper; sophistry.
  • 1881, Category: w - :Georg Ebers|Georg Ebers, The Emperor, ch. 4:
  • : Mere chop-logic!—you have nothing to say.
  • 1944, "[http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,801591,00.html Moses' Masterpiece]," Time, 13 Nov.:
  • :"Up in his ivory tower, the editor of the Times will at last realize that the American people will not be bulldozed, regimented and stripped of their suffrage by fine phrases, chop logic, invitations to the millennium, and the jaded ambitions of indispensable men."
  • 2000, David McKie, "Special report: the hunting debate," The Guardian, 28 Dec. (retrieved 6 June 2008:
  • : How can one explain the hypocrisy, chop logic and outright lying now being mustered daily in defence of hunting with hounds?
  • Inter: obsolete » countable|usually|hyphenated A logic chopper: one who makes confusing or specious arguments, especially arguments involving equivocation.
  • 1596, Category: w - :William Shakespeare|William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet, act 3, sc. 5:
  • : How now, how now, chop-logic! What is this?
  • : 'Proud,' and 'I thank you,' and 'I thank you not;'
  • : And yet 'not proud,' mistress minion, you,
  • : Thank me no thankings, nor, proud me no prouds,
  • : But fettle your fine joints 'gainst Thursday next.

    Verb

    Inter: en-verb » head=to chop logic|chops logic|chopping logic|chopped logic

  • To argue skillfully, using complex logic or clever reasoning.
    1. 1869, Category: w - :Charlotte_M._Yonge|Charlotte M. Yonge, The Caged Lion, ch. 17:
    2. : When the tables are drawn, you shall hold a disputation with him. It will be sport to hear how you chop logic at your Universities yonder.
    3. 1905, "Andrew Lang's Charming Sketches of the English University" (review of Oxford by Andrew Lang), New York Times, 1 Dec.:
    4. : King James delighted to chop logic and theology with the doctors of the university.
    5. 2000, Charles A. Lofgren, "Review of Negotiating the Constitution: The Earliest Debates over Original Intent by Joseph. M. Lynch," The Journal of American History, vol. 87, no. 3, p. 1018:
    6. : Throughout, Lynch ably chops logic and tests positions for their fit with the Constitution's text.
    7. To make an argument which is illogical, especially one which is overly complex or which improperly uses fine or clever distinctions; to equivocate.
    8. 1866, Category: w - :Elizabeth_Gaskell|Elizabeth Gaskell, Wives and Daughters, ch. 24:
    9. : If you are going to chop logic and use Latin words, I think it is time for us to leave the room.
    10. 1940, J. Whatmough, "Review of Varro on the Latin Language: With an English Translation by Roland G. Kent," Classical Philology, vol. 35, no. 1, p. 85:
    11. : Varro, as Kent remarks (p. 418, n.f), is by no means logical in every detail; he merely chops logic when he declares that curro lacks the perfect participle.
    12. 1949, Earl Latham, "Lament for Cement: Being an Answer to a Reply," The Yale Law Journal, vol. 58, no. 7, p. 1089:

  • : After the authors have chopped logic, ignored pages, and nibbled at words, the fact remains that the Commission in the Cement case did describe a structure of private government organized to protect an economic security system against hostile groups.

    Usage notes

    * The verb "to chop logic" functions as its own antonym. In one sense, it means "to argue properly" and, in another sense, "to argue improperly."

    Derived terms

    * Inter: l » en|logic chopping

    References

    *"chop logic" at OneLook® Dictionary Search.

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