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chop logic
To argue in a tedious or pedantic way. I can't stand the way he chops logic! You can't have a conversation without him turning it into some tiresome fight! Don't get into it with Uncle Ned about politics because he'll chop logic and pick apart every little thing you say. OK, well, be that as it may, I think my argument still stands. Quit chopping logic on me.
female logic
The ways in which women view or interpret situations, particularly how they differ from male views or interpretations (especially regarding the same things). I'll never understand the female logic that tells women they all need to go to the bathroom together. And then she got mad at me for getting her the gift she said she wanted instead of surprising her with something else. That's female logic for you! A: "I don't get the female logic that tells you all that being passive-aggressive is the way to go." B: "Oh, because you men are such great communicators? Yeah, right!"
fly in the face of (something)
To be or act in clear conflict with or opposition to something else. I can't believe you said something so awful. It flies in the face of everything we stand for! They want to change the entire direction of the project, completely flying in the face of all the hard work we've done so far. Her controversial new theory flies in the face of everything we know about quantum mechanics.
male logic
The ways in which men view or interpret situations, particularly how they differ from female views or interpretations (especially of the same things). I'll never understand the male logic that tells guys they need the biggest, loudest pickup truck possible. Like, are they just overcompensating, or what? And then he got mad at me for tidying away all his video games and accessories that were cluttering up the living room, as if I'd ruined his feng shui or something. That's male logic for you!
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chop logic
argue in a tiresomely pedantic way; quibble.Chop is here used in the 16th-century sense meaning ‘bandy words’. This sense is now obsolete, and the sense of chop used in this phrase was later wrongly understood as ‘cut something into small pieces’.
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