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Gish gallop

noun

Etymology

Coined by American physical anthropologist Eugenie C. Scott in 1994, referencing a rhetorical strategy often employed by creationist Duane Gish in debates about evolution.

Definitions

  1. A rhetorical technique in which a dishonest speaker lists a string of falsehoods or…

    A rhetorical technique in which a dishonest speaker lists a string of falsehoods or misleading items so that their opponent will be unable to counter each one and still be able to make their own counterpoints.

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Vish — recursive loop

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