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JAQ off

To ask loaded questions inviting someone to justify their views or behaviors, in an attempt to make tangential claims of little verisimilitude appear acceptable.

ˈjæk ˈɔfDocumented since 2000s2000sGen Z121 viewsLast reviewed Jun 29, 2026+ Add a definition
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#1·Apr 27, 2026

To ask loaded questions inviting someone to justify their views or behaviors, in an attempt to make tangential claims of little verisimilitude appear acceptable.

Origin: ; 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. Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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