A move during an argument or discussion whereby a person (almost always a woman) has absolutely no comeback and knows in a fair fight they're beaten, forcing them into a totally nonsensical, unrelated Hail Mary response. This strategy occurs when the person (almost always a woman) either realizes the other person is right and it's best to try to throw them off or when they're simply an idiot.
Fred calmly explained to his wife Mandy that her continued credit card expenditures at high end department stores would likely threaten the family's ability to pay their bills, and definitely end any chance of sending their children to college. Mandy, calling on the crown jewel of Desperation Debating replied, "Yeah? Well you have a small dick!
An obscure cult with its own distinct language understood only by members. The members speak incredibly quickly and think even faster. They tend to also be motivated students and often exhibit a mild form of OCD.
Such debaters engage in conversation with each other on a much higher level than the average human, both in and out of round. The student government and honor roll within a school typically consist mostly of debaters. 80% of congress debated in high school.
Membership in the cult lasts from 9th grade through 12th grade and sometimes through college, but the mannerisms and knowledge gained from it manifest themselves in all aspects of the current or former debater's life for the better.
Policy debate kicks aff.
I spent all last weekend hitting people, cutting and spewing. We broke and all the judges picked me up, but this one lay judge dropped me. I also got top speaks. Now I'm going to do uniqueness updates for my disad, then cut some a2 perm cards on the counterplan and come up with a kritikal aff so I can win framework.
I finally mastered the pen flip!
A: Did you hear so-and-so got into all 7 ivy's?
B: Really? he must be a debater.
Policy debate is SHITS (Significance, Harms, Inherency, Topicality, Solvency)
If you understood all the above, you're a policy debater.
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masterbationin mass
Teacher--"Ok class, who wants to mass-debate today?"
Jade--"I do, I do! and so does Jenny and Tabitha"
Teacher--"OK, we'll do guys versus girls, whoever comes first gets extra points!"
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A large amount of topics to engage in, by arguing and discussing opposing points.
Lea has to argue with everyone and disagrees with any point that they're trying to make. She is such a mass Debater!
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Some one who could find a point to argue in the most innocuos conversations. This person would ask for the source of your dads eulogy.
"SOURCE SOURCE", "I just like my sandwiches cut diagonally not vertically stop being a debate lord u degen"
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A political argument that takes place on the Internet. These types of debates usually take place on social media sites around election times. Keyboard Debates typically start on a politically opinionated posts, status, pictures, and videos in the comment section.
Sam: How was your weekend?
Joe: Not so good. I got into a bunch of keyboard debates about Obama and Romney on Facebook.
Sam: You need to stay off Facebook or don't say anything about politics during elections.
The forced smile that a person in a spotlighted position adopts in reaction to an opponent's attack during a verbal spar as a way to save face in front of an audience and to keep the mood seemingly friendly.
Senator Biden flashed his debate smile when Governor Palin accused him of voting for a federal tax raise.
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