Etymology

Godwin's law

Today it means: An adage that asserts that any Usenet discussion will eventually mention the Nazis or Adolf Hitler. Full definition →

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Named after American attorney and author Mike Godwin (1956–).

First known use, by meaning

  • from 1990s An adage that asserts that any Usenet discussion will eventually mention the Nazis or Adolf Hitler.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.