pancakes and waffles

English

Etymology

Extrapolated from a tweet by Twitter user Coolee Bravo (@bravocoolee) in 2017.[1] Formed by analogy with apples and oranges.

Noun

pancakes and waffles pl (plural only)

  1. (idiomatic, Internet slang) A response which misrepresents an opponent's argument, i.e., a straw man.
    • 2025 August 19, @mikeschmidtwife, Twitter‎[2] (social media), archived from the original on 14 September 2025:
      i get your point but this is giving pancakes and waffles

References

  1. ^ @bravocoolee (23 October 2017), Twitter‎[1], archived from the original on 26 October 2017
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