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Rpsh Posted 13 years ago
Vocabulary

pretzel logic

“Hathaway isn’t annoying because she is earnest or eager or even girlish. She’s annoying because it’s impossible to get past her seeming attempt to be earnest,” was the pretzel logic of Holly Leber in policymic.com.

Isn't pretzel a kind of food? What does it mean here?
  

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rpsh Isn't pretzel a kind of food? Yes. A food that is in the form of a twist.

  • rpsh Isn't pretzel a kind of food?
  • Yes.
  • A food that is in the form of a twist.
  • Hence, pretzel logic = twisted logic = logic that goes nowhere = invalid logic.
  • CJ
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rpshIsn't pretzel a kind of food?
Yes. A food that is in the form of a twist. Hence, pretzel logic = twisted logic = logic that goes nowhere = invalid logic.

CJ
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I get it! Thank you.

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