The phrase under examination is "non sequitur". A phrase, apparently, that the blog software fails to recognize as legitimate in it's existence. This lack of reassurance in spelling is what commonly tips me off to "I don't know what the hell I'm talking about", before I get the secondary notion from my girlfriend or anyone with 2 cents to spare. But in this case, the phrase is legitimate, and spelled correctly, the problem is that it is spelled in a foreign, non-existent Latino language. But that still doesn't help me, since evidently my primary choice of speech is English with a slight hint 'nat of Pittsburghese.
I've seen, perhaps even used, the term before in the past, but I can't say that I truly embraced or understood it, much like how Mitt Romney claims to be part Mexican (but he is). My first encounters would have been in 6th grade Latin, where everything you learn at that age later becomes an "Oh yeah, I was aware of that crusade" or "I've heard of that explorer", but nothing fruitful sticks unless you make a career out of it or can pass for being a savant. Hence the basis for the hit game show "Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?" with it's astonishing pint-size victors.
Later encounters would have been in high school in the extra-curricular "Propaganda" activity, where teams from different schools watched video clips of news and entertainment media then remark on the specific ways in which our minds were being shaped. I think there were 8 categories to choose from (why I remember this and not the meaning of the phrase, beats me, may have been due to the fact that the definition was always in front of us, so we didn't have to write it down or bother memorizing it). One of them was "non sequitur". Anyway, I'm not a big fan of categorizing things that make me laugh, at least not per the categories presented. Though there was a hilarious clip I'll never forget. It was an SNL skit mocking Canon camera commercials that normally included action sequences and endorsements from popular tennis stars. Except this one cast Stevie Wonder as the photographer. The crooked, out of focus shots of random body parts and surroundings were amazing. Perhaps, then, an example of a non ocular vice at work.
Fast forward to the last few years, where the term hardly ever comes up in an office full of technical geeks and AA's. Which is surprising since office culture generally thrives on lack of logic. Another great entertainment example being Office Space. There is also a great daily cartoon that goes by the title Non Sequitur, a pseudo-political cartoon that carefully balances the witty opinion with charm. (And it's well illustrated, unlike Marmaduke.) From these musings, alone, I gather the term to mean intentionally offbeat humor. But I'm still not 100% sure, so I consult old Websters:
1. Logic . an inference or a conclusion that does not follow from the premises.
2. a statement containing an illogical conclusion.
Ah yes, now I recall! It makes no sense! Except it seems like Webster could do one more over in making it's point by adding a 3rd definition such as "3. popular conclusion to a taco order where the request is made to hold the cheese". But see nobody would ever actually order a taco that way so that would be the illogical part.
I'm sure I'll forget the meaning again, like I do with most elitist phrases that are excessively verbose or exotic and could just as well save on misunderstandings as it could on printed ink. Just think, "silly". That just about sums up Non Sequitur, and it makes a shitload more sense to most people than the latter.