The bucket and spade fallacy is used to describe a situation where somebody complains about an object or theory on the grounds that it doesn't do something that it was never designed to do. You can dig sand with both a bucket and a spade although one is best. You can hold water in both a bucket and a spade but one is best. It comes from a problem inherent within naming things. Can also be used to describe a situation where two people argue, whilst (unknown to them) they misinterpret each other's statements so that they're never really having the same argument.
Примеры использования:
"She is wicked (meaning good)."
"She is not wicked (meaning bad)." "You two are falling victim to the bucket and spade fallacy."
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