argumentum ad dictionarium
using a language dictionary to argue your points, to justify your actions, and/or to claim that all uses of a given word outside of a given dictionary are incorrect. fallacious as english dictionaries do not prescribe usage, but merely describe how words are used by society.
person 1: stop treating your 35 year old son like a child. he’s not a child anymore.
person 2: but the dictionary says so. -pulls out oxford- a child is “a son or daughter of any age”. my 35 year old is my son, therefore he is a child. that means my 35 year old is not ready to watch anything but g rated movies, cannot drink beer, must obey my commands at all times, isn’t old enough for a job, and…
person 1: cl-ssic argumentum ad dictionarium.
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