Serge Kostylev

important words #09

New word from WordSpy.

argumentum ad tl;dr

n. The fallacy of supporting a proposition by inundating one’s opponents with specious arguments that are too numerous and too lengthy to read, much less refute point-by-point.

Etymology: argumentum ad (Latin: “argument to”) + tl;dr (“too long; didn’t read”)

source: Word Spy