Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

goomba fallacy

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.75 in modern English

Syllables: goom-ba -fal-la-cy
IPA

26

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

5

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A logical fallacy that occurs when someone sees contradictory opinions expressed by members of a group and mistakenly believes that those people are being hypocritical, when in reality those contradictory opinions were expressed by separate individuals.

noun

Alternative letter-case form of Goomba fallacy.

Etymology

Named after a fictional species (Goomba) from Nintendo's Mario franchise. The term references an Internet meme depicting the fallacy using Goombas posted to Twitter by @supersylvie_ on January 29, 2024.

Inflected Forms

Goomba fallacies (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

Galileo fallacy

Questions

What does goomba fallacy mean?: A logical fallacy that occurs when someone sees contradictory opinions expressed by members of a group and mistakenly believes that those people are being hypocritical, when in reality those contradictory opinions were expressed by separate individuals.
Where does goomba fallacy come from?: Named after a fictional species (Goomba) from Nintendo's Mario franchise. The term references an Internet meme depicting the fallacy using Goombas posted to Twitter by @supersylvie_ on January 29, 2024.

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