logic chopping, n.All

Logic-chopping (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠idle play when philosophy has promised help to the shipwrecked, the imprisoned, the sick, and those whose heads lie under the poised axe.

Logic-chopping (n.) proves ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠that since "mouse" is a syllable and a mouse eats cheese, a syllable eats cheese — and the only danger of missing the fallacy is a syllable in your mousetrap.