Logomachy
[lo-GAH-me-kee]
Part of speech: noun
Origin: Greek, mid-16th century
1.
An argument about words.
Examples of Logomachy in a sentence
"A logomachy might seem silly, but it's important to get your message across."
"We had a bit of a logomachy over what our new team slogan should be."
About Logomachy
Of course Greek philosophers would have a word to describe an argument about words. In Greek, "logomakhia" means word (logo) fighting (makhia).
Did you Know?
The Gershwin brothers' song "Let's Call the Whole Thing Off" is a perfect musical logomachy. The song is most famous for the line "You say to-may-to, I say to-mah-to" and other British versus American accent differences.
