Straw man vs Candy man

[K.I.L.E.R]

You people in the P&R forum use weird words and expect others to make sense of them.
Guess what?
I found it:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Straw_man

Can you guys give me more examples of words like "straw man" that are used in arguments and spoken/written language.
I'm not very lingual, but this stuff seems a little interesting.

Is there such a thing as a candy man argument?

 

[Simon F]

Is there such a thing as a candy man argument?

As in one that "fixes it with love and makes the world taste good/teeth fall out"?

 

[arjan de lumens]

Here are a few you can look up to get started:

• Red herring
• Slippery slope
• Flogging a dead horse
• Elephant in the room
• Devil's advocate
• Catch-22

There are enough such constructs in the English language to fill entire books (go to amazon.com and search for "english idioms" to get a listing of such books).