The Fallacy of Prestigious Jargon
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The Fallacy of Prestigious Jargon: TrueEmpiricism's belief that using technical words properly in a conversation by someone in a debate is a fallacy and should be avoided at all costs. He does not outright say it, but he seems to maintain that people should use the most ambiguous, colloquial definitions possible... else it is a fallacy. (fallacy of "egregia tum dicta")
