Argoogling
Argoogling: argument by google. Find a key phrase in your interlocutor's argument, google for counterarguments, grab the first few lines of text, pass it off as expertise. CAUTION: When using this technique in conjunction with scholarly articles, you may be tripped up by the nuances in the author's argument. For example, they may back off from the hypothesis in the final summary, providing either counterexamples, other areas for research, or mitigating circumstances.
Alternative spelling: argugling
Definitive characteristics of pathological argooglers: failing to note major points, resorting to name-calling, flaming, etc.
Alternative spelling: argugling
Definitive characteristics of pathological argooglers: failing to note major points, resorting to name-calling, flaming, etc.
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