Spesious, Eristic, Disputatious, Ad Hominem, Interlocutor, Pastiche

spesious - (adj) seemingly well-reasoned, plausible or true, but actually fallacious
eristic - (noun) one who makes specious arguments; one who is disputatious
disputatious - (adj) of or relating to something that is in question as to its intent or value; inclined to argue or debate
ad hominem - (noun) - Short for argumentum ad hominem: A fallacious objection to an argument or factual claim by appealing to a characteristic or belief of the person making the argument or claim, rather than by addressing the substance of the argument or producing evidence against the claim; an attempt to argue against an opponent's idea by discrediting the opponent themselves
interlocutor - a person who takes part in a conversation
myriarchy - a government of 10k people
detumescence - shrinking genitals after sex, male and female contexts
tumescence - enlargement of genitals for sex; tumesce
pastiche - a work of art that imitates the style of some previous work; a musical composition consisting of a series of songs or other musical pieces from various sources

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