non sequiturs
Unrelated sudden statements
Non sequiturs is the plural of non sequitur, a statement or conclusion that doesn't logically follow from what preceded it.
In conversation, someone commits a non sequitur by responding with something unrelated: We were discussing the budget and he started talking about his cat—complete non sequitur.
In logic, it names a formal fallacy where the conclusion isn't supported by the premises.
Humor's final delivery
- absurdistBeliever in cosmic meaninglessness
- deadpanExpressionless, especially for humor
- surrealDreamlike and strange
- witClever, inventive humor
anti-joke · comedic · timing · delivery · unexpected · bizarre · randomness · Monty Python
Error in reasoning
- red herringIntentional misleading distraction
- evasionAct of escaping detection
- deflectionChange in trajectory
- misdirectionIntentional focus manipulation
dodge · argument · debate · sophistry · reasoning · rebuttal · counterpoint · response
Lack of harmony
- incoherenceFailure to make sense
- disconnectionState of being severed
- absurdityWildly illogical quality
- paradoxSeemingly absurd truth
fallacy · inconsistency · contradiction · disjointed · irrationality · illogic · anomaly · discrepancy
Veering off topic
- tangentLine touching curve once
- asideBrief theatrical digression
- off-topicUnrelated to discussion
- unrelatedHaving no link
extraneous · impertinent · inapposite · inconsequential · immaterial · red herring · diversion · detour
punchline
Humor's final delivery
- absurdistBeliever in cosmic meaninglessness
- deadpanExpressionless, especially for humor
- surrealDreamlike and strange
wit · anti-joke · comedic · timing · delivery · unexpected · bizarre · randomness · Monty Python · absurdity
logical fallacy
Error in reasoning
- red herringIntentional misleading distraction
- evasionAct of escaping detection
- deflectionChange in trajectory
misdirection · dodge · argument · debate · sophistry · reasoning · rebuttal · counterpoint · response · obfuscation
incongruity
Lack of harmony
- incoherenceFailure to make sense
- disconnectionState of being severed
- absurdityWildly illogical quality
paradox · fallacy · inconsistency · contradiction · disjointed · irrationality · illogic · anomaly · discrepancy · unconnectedness
digression
Veering off topic
unrelated · extraneous · impertinent · inapposite · inconsequential · immaterial · red herring · diversion · detour · sidetrack
interjection
Emotional outcry word class
- interruptionBreak in continuity
- blurtingImpulsive verbal outburst
- outburstSudden emotional release
remark · comment · statement · utterance · response · reply · retort · rejoinder · exclamation · insertion
non sequiturssyllogisms
Formal logical arguments
entailments · corollaries · logical proofs · QED · deductive reasoning
sequence, sequential, sequentially, sequel, consequent, consequence, consequently, consequential, subsequent