Verboticism: Anecdontalist
DEFINITION: n. A person who, using an example from their own life, steers people away from a line of speculation by reducing it to an absurdity. v. To dismantle a logical argument with piles of passionate incoherence.
Anecdontalist
Created by: rikboyee
Pronunciation: an-eck-dohn-tul-ist
Sentence: for every hair brained sceme i came up with, grandpa had a story that would convince me to forget about it...he was a master anecdontalist
Etymology: anecdote, don't
Points: 677
Comments: Anecdontalist
wordmeister - 2007-04-18: 02:54:00
Clever anecdote! I hope you had a doting grandma, to counter-balance your donting grandpa.
galwaywegian - 2007-04-18: 05:10:00
could be a long anecdonta list