choplogic

Related to choplogic: alogical

chop·log·ic

(chŏp′lŏj′ĭk)

Complicated, often illogical or spurious argumentation.

[From to chop logic, to bandy logic, from chop, to bandy, exchange (obsolete); see chop².]

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choplogic

(ˈtʃɒpˌlɒdʒɪk)

censorious excessively complicated argument

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chop•log•ic

(ˈtʃɒpˌlɒdʒ ɪk)

n.

1. sophistic or overly complicated argumentation.

adj.

2. exhibiting or indulging in choplogic.

[1520–30]

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On Monday, Vice Foreign Minister Yukio Takeuchi declined to disclose what English words used by Japanese diplomats in ask the United States and Britain to accept the position, which critics say is choplogic. Takeuchi said it was ''understood verbally.''