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The Sarcastic Definition of the Day: Debate
American Irony ^ | 8-27-15 | The Looking Spoon

Posted on 08/27/2015 10:22:12 AM PDT by The Looking Spoon



TOPICS: Humor; Politics
KEYWORDS: debate; liberal; winner

1 posted on 08/27/2015 10:22:12 AM PDT by The Looking Spoon
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To: The Looking Spoon

[Obsolete]:
A discussion format that included the possibility of listening to other speakers and even conceding the validity of their point of view.

[Modern]:
A soliloquy by an individual that masquerades as an answer, interrupting the soliloquy of a moderator that masquerades as a question.


2 posted on 08/27/2015 12:54:29 PM PDT by Chad N. Freud (FR is the modern equivalent of the Committees of Correspondence. Let other analogies arise.)
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To: The Looking Spoon

[SYNONYM]: Misnomer.

A remarkable instance of a non-hyphenated one-word oxymoron -— see manscaping, bromance, mantyhose, and homophobic.


3 posted on 08/27/2015 1:11:52 PM PDT by Chad N. Freud (FR is the modern equivalent of the Committees of Correspondence. Let other analogies arise.)
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To: Chad N. Freud

I see your point. Touche :-)


4 posted on 08/27/2015 3:31:52 PM PDT by The Looking Spoon
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To: The Looking Spoon

Thanks. You are the king, consistently.


5 posted on 08/27/2015 6:08:27 PM PDT by Chad N. Freud (FR is the modern equivalent of the Committees of Correspondence. Let other analogies arise.)
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