Les Jones: Word of the Day: argumentum ad nazium

July 31, 2007

Word of the Day > Word of the Day: argumentum ad nazium

argumentum ad nazium - Invoking Nazis, Hitler, or the Holocaust in an argument. A pun on ad nauseum. I love it.

Hat tip to Tman.

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A little digging on Wikepedia uncovered the related terms of Godwin's Law and Reductio ad Hitlerum.

Posted by: Chris Range at July 31, 2007

Invoking Nazi strongmen when debating the Earth's increasing temperature? Goebbels warming.

Posted by: Les Jones at July 31, 2007

I liked it too.

Posted by: Mike at August 02, 2007

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