"Goomba fallacy" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Naomi Persephone Amethyst (NaomiAmethyst)-Goomba fallacy.wav Forms: Goomba fallacies [plural], goomba fallacy [alternative]
Etymology: Named after a fictional species (Goomba) from Nintendo's Mario franchise. The term references an Internet meme depicting the fallacy using Goombas, which was first posted to Twitter by @supersylvie_ on January 29, 2024. Etymology templates: {{lang|en|a fictional species (Goomba) from Nintendo's Mario franchise}} a fictional species (Goomba) from Nintendo's Mario franchise, {{named-after|en|a fictional species (Goomba) from Nintendo's Mario franchise}} Named after a fictional species (Goomba) from Nintendo's Mario franchise Head templates: {{en-noun}} Goomba fallacy (plural Goomba fallacies)
  1. (Internet slang) A logical fallacy that occurs when someone sees contradictory opinions expressed on a social media site and mistakenly believes that those users are being hypocritical, when in reality those contradictory opinions were expressed by separate individuals. Wikipedia link: Mario franchise, Twitter Tags: Internet Hypernyms: association fallacy Coordinate_terms: Galileo fallacy
    Sense id: en-Goomba_fallacy-en-noun-FFun26N8 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Logical fallacies, Nintendo

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