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chop⋅log⋅ic

[chop-loj-ik]
–noun
1. sophistic or overly complicated argumentation.
–adjective
2. Also, chop⋅log⋅i⋅cal. exhibiting or indulging in choplogic.

Origin:
1520–30; chop 2 + logic
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chop·log·ic   (chŏp'lŏj'ĭk)   
n.  Complicated, often illogical or spurious argumentation.

[From to chop logic, to bandy logic, from chop, to bandy, exchange (obsolete); see chop2.]
chop'log'ic adj.
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