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Rhetorical question

Question asked that is asked for effect and not usually designed for an answer.

Usually encourages the person or people being asked the question to reflect upon their own thoughts and beliefs rather than answer specifically out loud.
Examples of rhetorical questions-
Speaker: "What defense to the homeless have if the government will not protect them?"

Guy: "Did you get some from her last night?"
Other Guy: "Is the sky blue?"

Office Worker: "How stupid is this new filing system we have?"
by ACG2x July 23, 2005
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can i ask you a question?

The most stupidest idiotic question you could ask someone, because you 1) Asked if you "can" when you just did, 2) because you just asked a question asking if you could ask a question & 3) cause you are stupid
by CA3B20A3G October 1, 2007
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trap question

A question a woman asks a man just to put him in a tight spot. Trap questions can be chained, creating more awkwardness.
Girl: Who's prettier, me or my cousin?
Boy: You.
Girl: So my cousin's ugly?
Boy: Err, no.
Girl: So you think she's cute?
Boy: Uhh..
by farts May 6, 2005
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Question Whore

A person who takes great pleasure in questioning others about insignificant drivel to within an inch of their lives.

Question whores will often aimlessly question all those around them for no particular reason, in servere cases it has been known for the question whore's 'victims' to cut off their own ears to escape their torture.
Abby: wo wats with your mum, she wanted to know every detail about my holiday.
Alis: oh i'm sorry she's a Question Whore. Unfortunatly the doctor says theres nothing he can do for her.
by alicebecila November 24, 2009
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Double Question

Two questions used in one sentence to save time because you're a lazy shit that are somehow easy to understand.
Hungover man: When does the bus cost?

Other hungover man: Nice Double Question, it's coming in 15 minutes and it costs 3 quid.

What drink are we going tonight? - Where are we going tonight and what are we drinking?
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woman trap question

A question to which there is no correct answer
"Was she prettier?"
"Does my ass look big in these?"
"Am I pretty?"

Cindy - "That girl he kissed, was she prettier than me?"
Sid - "Uhh...that's such a woman trap question. But no, of course not."
by Sid P May 1, 2007
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seal question

A question in an exam that has absolutely nothing to do with the syllabus of the course. First used in January 2010 in Britain when an A-level Biology paper had a question about a seal respiring under water for long periods of time.
"That question on dialysis was such a seal question!"
"I know, what was the point in revising?!"
by daj198 January 26, 2010
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