Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

go godwin

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.02 in modern English

Syllables: go -god-win
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To invoke Adolf Hitler or Nazism in an argument, thereby fulfilling Godwin's law.

Example Sentences

"In 20-plus years online, I don't believe I've ever seen someone go Godwin on the very first post."
"Godwin's Law is important because it shows the cost of attaching baggage to your arguments. I think that if you can argue that something is bad by invoking Hitler, you can argue that something is bad without invoking Hitler. It's not just that going Godwin is tacky. It is, or should be, a sign of rhetorical weakness."
"For his June 24 column, Lively went full Godwin on Obama, likening him to Hitler and staging the then-upcoming debate as a way to take President Biden out of the picture a la Hitler’s “Night of the Long Knives”:"

Etymology

Refers to Godwin's law.

Inflected Forms

goes Godwin (present, singular) going Godwin (participle, present) went Godwin (past) gone Godwin (participle, past)

Questions

What does go godwin mean?: To invoke Adolf Hitler or Nazism in an argument, thereby fulfilling Godwin's law.
Where does go godwin come from?: Refers to Godwin's law.

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