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  • noun Plural form of sequitur.

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Examples

  • I have likewise called out certain posters who frequently respond with non-sequiturs, which is a direct violation of the blog rules.

    Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local 2009

  • Kids Prefer Cheese: How many non sequiturs does it take to make an NY Times op-ed?

    How many non sequiturs does it take to make an NY Times op-ed? 2009

  • Sudjic's catalogue of suggestions for reinvigorating the architect's role, however, is a let-down, if not a string of non sequiturs.

    Todd Reisz: Making Sense of the City Todd Reisz 2011

  • Sudjic's catalogue of suggestions for reinvigorating the architect's role, however, is a let-down, if not a string of non sequiturs.

    Todd Reisz: Making Sense of the City Todd Reisz 2011

  • The sutura is a special case perhaps, because it runs the gamut from Pinteresque conversational/behavioural non sequiturs like in THE BIRTHDAY PARTY (where the disruption of conventional conversational logic is designed to force a re-evaluation of the system itself, a search for a truer logic of human interactions) to out-and-out breaches of causality like in BUFFET FROID.

    Modality and Hamlet Hal Duncan 2010

  • The fabulous Dr. Fox was drilled "to present his topic and conduct his question-and-answer period with an excessive use of double talk, neologisms, non sequiturs, and contradictory statements . . . interspersed with parenthetical humor and meaningful references to unrelated topics."

    Prophets of Error Trevor Butterworth 2011

  • When he is not juxtaposing non sequiturs of deranged political diatribes on his maniacal radio show, Mr. Jones enjoys sneaking into secret meetings of the world's elite.

    Archive 2009-12-01 2009

  • Shiller's piece is a masterwork of phone-it-in non sequiturs.

    How many non sequiturs does it take to make an NY Times op-ed? 2009

  • At what point does it get so silly and full of headline-making non sequiturs that all faith is lost.

    Huckabee warns Palin: Don't leave GOP 2009

  • How many non sequiturs does it take to make an NY Times op-ed?

    How many non sequiturs does it take to make an NY Times op-ed? 2009

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