Godwin's law

Godwin's Law English Alternative forms en Godwin's Law Etymology en American attorney and author Mike Godwin = 1956. Proper noun en Internet slang usually humorous An adage that asserts that any Usenet discussion will eventually mention the Nazis or Adolf Hitler. from 1990s en 2012 Cory Doctorow; Charles Stross The Rapture of the Nerds Tor Books 9781429944915 296 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 their hackneyed ad hominems, concern-trollery, and Godwin's law violations through the media of cartoon animals and oversized genitals. en 2018 Scott F. Aikin; Robert B. Talisse Why We Argue Routledge 9781351616225 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? en Internet slang usually humorous 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. Usage notes Mentioning Godwin's law as having been fulfilled in a particular discussion is often deemed sufficient grounds for ending that discussion. See also en reductio ad Hitlerum I did Nazi that coming Further reading en adages ending in "law" Usenet slang en Adolf Hitler Nazism