[darbymcgill]

Definitions of argument on the Web:

* a fact or assertion offered as evidence that something is true; "it was a strong argument that his hypothesis was true"
* controversy: a contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong disagreement; "they were involved in a violent argument"
* a discussion in which reasons are advanced for and against some proposition or proposal; "the argument over foreign aid goes on and on"
* a summary of the subject or plot of a literary work or play or movie; "the editor added the argument to the poem"
* a variable in a logical or mathematical expression whose value determines the dependent variable; if f(x)=y, x is the independent variable

Are ya'll gonna now get DC to pick something other than #1 and add it to the definitions list?

[Dimensio]

If we're going with #1, then what statement was pnsn's assertion that any claim of dishonesty on his part was tantamount to calling God a liar attempting to support?

[hail to the chief]

There is a difference between an assertion and an assertion offered as evidence of something being true. For a further example, John Cleese's lines in the Monty Python "Argument Sketch" are lies, but not arguments.