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Old 25-April-2006, 04:22 AM
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From perfessor's Dictionary of Debating Tactics:

Handwaving, n. A verbal or written construct in which something which is impossible or wildly improbable, is made to seem trivially easy.

Example:
Quote:
Originally Posted by turbonium
When the body was absconded from Parkland, there was ample time to remove the bullets. ... Making a couple of shallow bullets disappear would not be terribly difficult.