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- noun Alternative form of
non sequitur .
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Examples
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No. Your capacity for nonsequitur is undiminished.
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But I think this is the kind of nonsequitur thing you usually spout off after a curry and lager.
Miguel Cohen’s “Ulysses,” Part 2 : Edward Champion’s Reluctant Habits 2004
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And when, surprised by the nonsequitur, I ask him whether the suffering of Libyans being massacred by Qaddafi as we speak is not also an open wound, he flushes crimson as if on the verge of losing his temper, squeezes his smartphone so hard I think it will snap, and lashes back: "You can't compare a massacre among brothers with the permanent scandal that is the occupation of Palestine."
Bernard-Henri Lévy: Egypt: Year Zero Bernard-Henri Lévy 2011
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And when, surprised by the nonsequitur, I ask him whether the suffering of Libyans being massacred by Qaddafi as we speak is not also an open wound, he flushes crimson as if on the verge of losing his temper, squeezes his smartphone so hard I think it will snap, and lashes back: "You can't compare a massacre among brothers with the permanent scandal that is the occupation of Palestine."
Bernard-Henri Lévy: Egypt: Year Zero Bernard-Henri Lévy 2011
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Re brewmn at 82: “Everything you wrote at #80 involves things after Reagan was elected, and thus is a nonsequitur.”
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And when, surprised by the nonsequitur, I ask him whether the suffering of Libyans being massacred by Qaddafi as we speak is not also an open wound, he flushes crimson as if on the verge of losing his temper, squeezes his smartphone so hard I think it will snap, and lashes back: "You can't compare a massacre among brothers with the permanent scandal that is the occupation of Palestine."
Bernard-Henri Lévy: Egypt: Year Zero Bernard-Henri Lévy 2011
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It's a nonsequitur, but if a respected Senator can make one, so can I. Voted4HealthCare
Gregg defends GOP opposition, says Dems moving too far left 2010
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Everything you wrote at #80 involves things after Reagan was elected, and thus is a nonsequitur.
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“Nonsequitur nonsequitur nonsequitur!” the Shrill said.
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“Nonsequitur nonsequitur nonsequitur!” the Shrill said.
Jason Stoddard, Strange and Happy » Blog Archive » Eternal Franchise, 28.1 of 31.1 2010
grant_barrett commented on the word nonsequitur
Usually rendered as two words: "non sequitur."
July 3, 2009