Godwin's law
Godwin's law proper noun: an adage that asserts that any Usenet discussion will eventually mention the Nazis or Adolf Hitler.
Proper noun (1)
Godwin's law
- An adage that asserts that any Usenet discussion will eventually mention the Nazis or Adolf Hitler.
- The power to be a being of pure thought, the unlimited, unconstrained world of imagination, and we build a world of animated gifs, stupid sight gags, lame van-art avatars, stupid “playful” environments, and brain-dead flame wars augmented by animated emoticons that allowed participants to express...2012, Cory Doctorow, Charles Stross, The Rapture of the Nerds, Tor Books, →ISBN, page 296
- His article urges people not to be “afraid” of being charged with confirming Godwin's law. But who would be afraid of that charge when you believe that the Nazi analogy is apt?2018, Scott F. Aikin, Robert B. Talisse, Why We Argue, Routledge, →ISBN
- An adage that asserts that the first person in an argument (usually in an online comment thread or forum) to mention the Nazis or Adolf Hitler has lost.
Proper noun (2) capitalized: Godwin's Law
Godwin's Law
- Alternative letter-case form of Godwin's law.
Forms of Godwin's law
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Origin of Godwin's law
Named after American attorney and author Mike Godwin (1956–).
Questions about Godwin's law
- What does Godwin's law mean?
- Godwin's law means an adage that asserts that any Usenet discussion will eventually mention the Nazis or Adolf Hitler.
- What part of speech is Godwin's law?
- Godwin's law is a proper noun.
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