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chewbacca defense

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.71 in modern English

Syllables
chew-bac-ca de-fense
IPA
34
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any legal strategy or propaganda strategy that seeks to overwhelm its audience with nonsensical arguments, as a way of confusing the audience and drowning out legitimate opposing arguments.

Humorous

Example Sentences

Etymology

Chewbacca (a character from the 1977 film Star Wars) + defense; coined in "Chef Aid", a 1998 episode of South Park.

Usage

Inflected Forms

Chewbacca defenses (plural)

Phrases

argumentum ad nauseam non sequitur red herring Shaggy defense straw man

Frequently Paired Words

argumentum ad nauseam non sequitur red herring Shaggy defense straw man

Questions

What does chewbacca defense mean?
Any legal strategy or propaganda strategy that seeks to overwhelm its audience with nonsensical arguments, as a way of confusing the audience and drowning out legitimate opposing arguments.
Where does chewbacca defense come from?
Chewbacca (a character from the 1977 film Star Wars) + defense; coined in "Chef Aid", a 1998 episode of South Park.

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