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!
feeling, showing, or involving a hopeless sense that a situation is so bad as to be impossible to deal with. A desperate person is a person that needs or wants something badly. someone who is to hopeless and just gives up. someone who is despairing, hopeless; anguished, distressed, wretched, desolate, forlorn, distraught, fraught; (of an act or attempt) tried in despair or when everything else has failed; having littlehope of success. (of a situation) extremely bad, serious, or dangerous.
Brock is so desperate he needs someone's phone badly to text his friend for help.