Usually means: Arguing using overly subtle distinctions.
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  1. chop logic: Merriam-Webster
  2. chop logic: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. chop logic: Collins English Dictionary
  4. chop-logic: Wordnik
  5. chop-logic, chop logic: Wiktionary
  6. chop-logic: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  7. Chop-logic, chop logic: Dictionary.com
  8. Chop-logic: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  9. chop-logic: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  10. Chop-logic: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  11. Chop Logic: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  12. chop-logic: FreeDictionary.org
  13. Chop-logic: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. chop logic: Wordcraft Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (chop logic)

adjective:  (of an argument, sometimes hyphenated) Characterized by equivocation or by overly complex or specious argumentation; improperly reasoned.
noun:  (uncountable, sometimes hyphenated) Chopped logic: reasoning which is improper; sophistry.
noun:  (obsolete, countable, usually hyphenated) A logic chopper: one who makes confusing or specious arguments, especially arguments involving equivocation.
verb:  (obsolete) To talk back, bandy words; to argue generally.
verb:  To argue skillfully, using complex logic or clever reasoning.
verb:  To make an argument which is illogical, especially one which is overly complex or which improperly uses fine or clever distinctions; to equivocate.

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