Goomba fallacy

== English == === Alternative forms === goomba fallacy === Etymology === Named after a fictional species (Goomba) from Nintendo's Mario franchise. The term references an Internet meme depicting the fallacy using Goombas posted to Twitter by @supersylvie_ on January 29, 2024. === Pronunciation === === Noun === Goomba fallacy (plural Goomba fallacies) (Internet slang) A logical fallacy that occurs when someone sees contradictory opinions expressed by members of a group and mistakenly believes that those people are being hypocritical, when in reality those contradictory opinions were expressed by separate individuals. Hypernym: association fallacy Coordinate term: Galileo fallacy === References === === Further reading === “The Goomba Fallacy”, in Know Your Meme, website launched 2007 “Goomba fallacy”, in Urban Dictionary, launched 1999. Heddwen Newton (7 April 2025), “An explanation of 'the goomba fallacy' as used by young people in 2025”, in English in Progress‎[2] (blog), archived from the original on 15 July 2025