chop logic

chop logic
Synonyms and related words:
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

Moby Thesaurus. . 1996.

Игры ⚽ Нужна курсовая?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • chop logic — ► chop logic argue in a tiresomely pedantic way. [ORIGIN: from a dialect use of chop meaning «bandy words».] Main Entry: ↑chop …   English terms dictionary

  • Chop-logic — Chop log ic, n. One who bandies words or is very argumentative. [Jocular] Shak. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • chop-logic — [chäp′läj′ik] n. hairsplitting argumentation or evasive reasoning * * * …   Universalium

  • chop-logic — [chäp′läj′ik] n. hairsplitting argumentation or evasive reasoning …   English World dictionary

  • chop logic — 1. adjective Characterized by equivocation or by overly complex or specious argumentation; improperly reasoned. Many of the jokes are far past saving and a good bit of the chop logic word play is tedious word work …   Wiktionary

  • chop logic — phrasal : to make unnecessary distinctions or dispute with an affected use of logical terms * * * chop logic To argue contentiously or fallaciously • • • Main Entry: ↑chop chop logic see under ↑chop2 • • • Main Entry: ↑logic * * * argue in a… …   Useful english dictionary

  • chop logic — argue in a tiresomely pedantic way. [C16: from a dialect use of chop meaning bandy words .] → chop …   English new terms dictionary

  • To chop logic — Chop Chop, v. t. [Cf. D. koopen to buy. See {Cheapen}, v. t., and cf. {Chap}, v. i., to buy.] 1. To barter or truck. [1913 Webster] 2. To exchange; substitute one thing for another. [1913 Webster] We go on chopping and changing our friends. L… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • chop logic — phrasal to argue with sophistical reasoning and minute distinctions …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • chop-logic — …   Useful english dictionary

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
… Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”