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by blahedo 5837 days ago
Interestingly, the entire setup of the article---how to use an accusation of "logical fallacy" ("preferably both in Latin and English") to impress a debate judge to dismiss an opponent's argument...

...is itself an argumentum ad verecundiam, an argument to authority!

Which is not to say that it's not a good debate technique. :)