debate hangover

A debate hangover occurs the day after a long debate tournament. Competitors and coaches spent most of Friday and all of Saturday competing or judging, so on Sunday, they are completely wiped out. Exhaustion, lack of voice, and sickness are common signs of a debate hangover. Gatorade (to help cleanse the system of caffeine, junk food, etc.) and rest are the most effective cures.

Steve: "Hey man, that was some debate tournament this weekend. I feel like crap now!"

Bob: "That means you have a Debate Hangover!"

by Laughing Duck January 26, 2014

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debate power couple

two high school or college debaters in a relationship who both do consistently well at national circuit tournaments. great people in and out of round, and a model couple for debaters everywhere. usually do the same event, but policy + ld couples are not uncommon.
debate power couples tend to be long-distance, but because they both compete on the national circuit, they see each other at tournaments.

"hey, nina and jack are both going to the yale debate tournament!"
"wow, they're such a great debate power couple!"
"chairs!"

by pgs em August 10, 2017

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Scholarly debate

This term is generally used when two or perhaps a few more people debate something so obscure, or perhaps simply uninteresting to the general public, that they are the only people on the planet who know about the subject, and therefore know so much more about this specific subject than everyone else that they can only be deemed "scholars" on the subject.

Ex. 1

Scholarly debater 1:
"The other day my friend from Finland and I got in an argument over whether or not it was proper for Miklos Spanyi to use a piano forte rather than a period instrument such as the harpsichord in his recent recordings of Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach's keyboard concertos. We thought it would be on the news.. but it wasn't."
(sadly this is for the most part a true story)

Normal person: "The fuck are you talking about??"

Ex. 2

Scholarly debater 2
"More recent lab studies on Rhesus monkeys have suggested that old studies showing that cannabis damages the hippocampus were based on unsound and dishonest methods (not surprising since they were government sponsored) and that even at 100 times the amount that would get you high, there is actually a total lack of any long term effects on the hippscampus region of the brain."

Normal Person: "Hippo what?? fuck this, I'm going to go smoke a bowl."

by Max Senalger August 25, 2011

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