かばち

noun

quibble; sophistry; hair-splitting argument

Hiroshima dialect colloquial noun for a petty, logic-chopping argument; similar to 屁理屈.

See also: 屁理屈

• あいつはすぐかばちを言いうけえ、話はなしにならん。

  He always starts quibbling, so you can't have a proper conversation with him.

• そんなかばちばかり言いうとったら、誰だれも相あい手てにせんで。

  If you keep making those hair-splitting arguments, nobody will take you seriously.