#logomachy

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[englishlistwords]

Logomachy

n. A dispute about words.

n. A dispute carried on in words only; a battle of words.

[milenapetrofig]

English logomachy comes straight from the Greek noun logomachía “battle of words.” The Greek noun is very rare and also very late, first used in the First Epistle to Timothy, traditionally attributed to St. Paul (c5-67 a.d.). Logomachy entered English at the end of the 16th century.

Dictionary: origin of “logomachy”

[themidnighthouseelves]

Logomachy:  A war in which the weapons are words and the wounds puncture the swim-bladder of self-esteem [….]

Ambrose Bierce’s The Devil’s Dictionary

[bloodwell-and-quill]

Logomachy

I enjoy you. You make me feel good. I find you more worthwhile than most every other activity of your genus.

[tincanbank]

lo·gom·a·chy (n)

/lōˈgäməkē/

Definition

An argument about words

Synonym

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[jeusebiojr]

100+ from Logomachy

\ loh-GOM-uh-kee \  , noun;  

1. a dispute about or concerning words.

2. an argument or debate marked by the reckless or incorrect use of words; meaningless battle of words.

“This is becoming a logomachy.  It’s all semantics.  We’re saying the same thing!”

“We are absolutely not saying the same You are saying that they are not equal to humans.  I’m saying that they are lesser than humans, and that they should not or ever have the same rights as humans.”

We are Pulse.  We are forever.  Our signal is repeated and broadcast in all directions of the galaxy, encoded data of our exact specifications and minute variations.  

Pulse is the name they took.   Ironic, since robots don’t have a pulse.  They took inspiration for the name from the fact that they copy, save, and broadcast the data once every day when the light of the morning sun brought their power back to full.  The human forces once tried to attack at night thinking that the Pulse defenses would be insufficient.  They were wrong.  The robots had gathered all the possible fuel sources from gasoline to coal to renewables to trash, burned the energy and stored it in enormous battery warehouses.  At least, that was what was theorized.  

No human piloted plane has flown into Pulse airspace close enough to get any real information, much less a person on the ground.  All drone ships that flew into their airspace were hacked wirelessly or boarded by smaller drones and repurposed by Pulse purposes, sometimes disassembling the entire Drone before any of its pieces hit the ground.  The walls of the Pulse civilization spread throughout the Eurasian continent from the spot in Eastern China when the singularity formed and the Pulse began.  They stopped at the Oceans, but no one knew why.  

He wants to take back the land that was stolen from the humans.  I think he has a death wish.      

[litmajor]

Logomachy

(n) A dispute about or concerning words.

Also, an argument or debate marked by the reckless or incorrect use of words; a meaningless battle of words.

The former should apply to you. The latter should never apply to you.