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JAQ off
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English
Etymology
en JAQ just asking questions jack off to masturbate; because of the former phrase originally chiefly used in the gerund form, and so coined by a user of the James Randi Educational Foundation’s International Skeptics Forum on 14th September 2006 about truthers.
Verb
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en slang derogatory To ask loaded questions inviting someone to justify their views or behaviors, in an attempt to make one's tangential accusations of little verisimilitude appear acceptable.
en sealion#Verb
See also
en argument from ignorance
Further reading
RationalWiki
en coinages
en Logical fallacies