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Steven Colbert: Caveat Emptor or Latin for a Tuff tittie...
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{ˈkā-vē-ˌat brɪˈɡeɪd} - noun
Spiritual sibling to Grammar nazi and Genre police.
The "Caveat-Brigade" are a bunch of people whose desperate need for validation from online strangers drive them to argue against sound reasoning by employing overexaggerated scenarios in which a statement would be the opposite of what was claimed.
They frequently employ Tu qouque arguments seeking to invalidate or detract from the conversation by lowering everyone involved into a mire of what-aboutism and semantics.
John - "Yeah, what the Nazis did during WWII was downright monsterous..."
Sam - "Actually, monstrous is a poor choice or words, the german people were forced to behave the way they did because they got screwed after WWI... besides, Hitler did what was right for Germany at the time"
Anna - "What the hell Sam?!"
John - "Ignore him Anna, he´s from the Caveat-Brigade"
The limitations and specific stipulations that must be considered when asking a question where the expectation is that the answer will be skewed to impress the question asker.
Jacob: "I asked her if she liked mustaches. She said yes!"
Friend: "You forget the Facer Caveat! She is answering yes because she knows that is what you want to hear."
Used to pre-emptively make a question or comment non-creepy.
Joey: "Caveat Creeptor.": If you're still feeling sick I can come around and give you some medicine"
Sarah: "Yeh come around, you're not creepy at all".
A legal or equitable interest in property sufficient of a caveat being lodged upon.
His interest is caveatable