1. An often specious and incoherent synthesis, used as a variation of the ad hominem logical fallacy. An ad fooninem argument, also known as argumentum ad fooninem (Latin, literally "argument to the foon"), is a logical fallacy that involves replying to an argument or assertion by addressing the person presenting the argument or assertion, often by the synthesis of irrelevant data and pointless conjecture, rather than the argument itself, or an argument pointing out an inconsistency between a view expressed by an individual and the remainder of his or her beliefs. Often the end result is presented as an inverted ad hominem.
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