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- noun informal The use of
scientific language inappropriately and without comprehension in order to increase believability of a concept.
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Examples
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I wonder what he thinks of having a fruitloop represent his birthplace (although to hear him describe his early childhood, it might well be that Anoka prizes fruitloopery).
The Bachmann Two-Step: Tells MSM One Thing, Wingnuts Another 2009
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The "week in fruitloopery," as Grist's Dave Roberts christened it, began in earnest last Friday when the Republicans cooked up 450 poison pill amendments to stall the committee markup process.
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Dave Roberts of Grist has compiled videos of these and other "vintage fruitloopery" coming from House GOP members during this week's energy-and-climate bill markup.
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This group haven't gone as far down fruitloopery avenue as some other groups but I started trying to make myself look menacing so they didn't come and speak to me.
Michael Greenwell michaelgreenwell 2010
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This group haven't gone as far down fruitloopery avenue as some other groups but I started trying to make myself look menacing so they didn't come and speak to me.
Michael Greenwell 2010
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Reviewing the weekly cache of fruitloopery causes Feedback to muse on a near-universally observed law: that the frequency with which anyone mentions their academic qualifications in a given context is generally in inverse proportion to their actual expertise on the subject.
Why you should be cautious about clothing yourself in photons 2020
chained_bear commented on the word fruitloopery
Excellent usage by sionnach on zeolite.
June 17, 2009