I don't really know if 1.2% of marriages end in murder, it was just a rhetorical fact to shut bob up.
by thefj February 11, 2014
Any beverage held in the hand of an executive while speaking to the common workers. The beverage is often lifted in the air while asking rhetorical questions & further prevents said executive from getting to the point of any discussion. Also quenches thirst prior to another round of rhetoric.
Man, the Vice President was really drinking the rhetoric beverage today – I sat there for 2 hours and do not know any more about the project than I did when I entered the room.
by Irresponsible Dresser November 17, 2011
An answer to a rhetorical question, what is asked to make a point, which is answered to make a point.
"Oh, please. Everyone's always on about the children. I've already tried leaving them alive, but all they do is grow up under my rule or dedicate their pathetic lives to revenge, usually both. Really, killing them is a kindness. I can retract that kindness if you wish. But then who's the villain?"
"Y- you."
"N- no, that was a rhetorical question."
"And I gave you a rhetorical answer."
"Y- you."
"N- no, that was a rhetorical question."
"And I gave you a rhetorical answer."
by i can feel you slipping September 5, 2015
A response to a question that does not answer the question asked. Commonly used by busy mums with the sole purpose of annoying those asking the question.
Jack: what time will dinner be ready?
Paula: when its cooked.
Jack: stop it with those rhetorical answers! !
Paula: when its cooked.
Jack: stop it with those rhetorical answers! !
by jess12 May 27, 2014
An oratory elaboration which exceeds the limits of what most people would describe as useful or informative, or which tangentially strays into the realm philosophical musings.
by 2dois2b October 22, 2008
Bob: Jim, why do you have to be such a dumb ass
Jim: well it all started in the summer of 1995 when...
Bob: That was a rhetorical question dumb ass
Jim: well it all started in the summer of 1995 when...
Bob: That was a rhetorical question dumb ass
by I am feeling fat and sassy October 6, 2008
when someone doesn't take the default politically correct rhetorical position of their own stance in discussing a political issue. It leads to a false perception of cognitive dissonance by their audience, when in fact the person is abandoning rhetoric and examining the issue without rhetorical bias. It leads to an ally of a cause to be seen as the enemy for not falling in line with automatically assumed rhetorical positions.
When Bob argued the following, "I am a full supporter of gender equality. However, the SCUM Manifesto doesn't help the feminist cause. Many feminists become just as bad as chauvinists, when their responses to sexism become just as polemic," he was seen as criticizing feminism, creating rhetorical dissonance. Another example is the following: "Gay rights are very important, and they should be equal. That being said, the APA has established that orientation changes over a lifetime. The reality is that some people can and do choose to be gay, not that there's anything wrong with that."
by ideomotion October 20, 2010