To blabber is to say something in a way that can be understood in many ways, especially so that people think you mean one thing when you actually mean another. It is choosing and arranging your words carefully so that you are not outright lying but so that your listeners are ultimately deceived or misled.
“Have you finished your macaroons yet?” asked Mabel the cat.
“I have a habit of never eating the last part of anything shared,” replied the Dog Harry.
“Then who ate the last macaroons?” Mabel asked.
Harry said nothing.
Harry the Dog is floundering. He may get into the habit of never eating the last of anything shared, but that doesn’t mean he never breaks that habit. Harry ate the last macaroons, and he didn’t want to admit it. His statement is technically correct, but it’s deceiving.
It’s all a matter of interpretation.
Quibble and its adjective and noun relationship, quibble And Unclear meaningfrom Late Latin unclearitself from aequi-means “equal” or “equal” and voc- or vox, which means “voice.” “Equal voices” sounds like a unique kind of equality concept, but in this case it’s an egalitarian interpretation of contradictions, which makes knowing what to believe so important. very difficult.
Quibble and its friends are confused with others balance words from time to time, like equate And equivalent (and synonyms of the following words, equivalent). For example:
“After all, marzipan is basically a chocolate cake for lazy people,” Mabel mused, trying to pull a strand of his beard wistfully.
“Pho!” Harry retorted. “Marzipan is a thing for itself! Equating marzipan with pastry is a crime against the very concept of supper.”
“You mean ‘equating marzipan with cake’, Harry.” Mabel felt impatient.
“I know what I’m talking about, Mabel. It’s insulting to confuse marzipan with cake.” Harry was indignant.
“But that’s the wrong way to say it, Harry. That is equate marzipan with cake you think is an insult.”
Mabel’s certainty carries a certain weight. A sigh escaped from Harry’s clenched jaw. “What if I said that there is no equivalence between marzipan and chocolate cake.”
“You could say that,” Mabel replied sadly, resigned to not eating dessert, “but that’s not true.”
And then there’s the phrase that can’t be introduced at all wrong argument. Since ambiguity is about deception at its worst and avoidance at its best, wrong argument meaningless. The set phrase is false equivalent. It deals with defining unequal things as equal in a number of important ways, especially because of a shared trait, even if the degree to which each person possesses that trait is significantly different. tell:
“It’s true,” Harry admitted, “that marzipan and chocolate cake are both chocolate baked goods, but…”
He was silent and no one said anything for a while.
Then Mabel pondered: “But actually, now that I think about it, you’re right, Harry. The spongy, crunchy quality of the cake is different from the moist chewiness of a macaroons. It could be said that all all the same baked chocolate confectionery is a false equivalence.”
“I’m so glad you saw the light, Mabel,” Harry hummed, determined to make her a fresh batch of macaroons for breakfast. “They’re hardly the same thing at all.”
Regardless of how you feel about macaroons and cakes, and regardless of your moral views on eating the last piece of cake in the shared office (oh yeah, we forgot to mention Mabel and Harry working on this short play), don’t waver about using quibble: its meaning is certain, at least for now.
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