debate

noun - It's like wrestling, but with words!

Sometimes they get on the wrestling bus, but not on purpose!

by Alan Barnes March 14, 2004

Messina-Genaro Debate

A form of debate developed due to the flaws with Public Form and Lincoln Douglas Debate. The format is slightly different in a sense that there is an inherant Value and Value Criterion. The Value is "Crispyness" and the Value Criterion is "Jeffersonism".

Messina-Genaro Debate is far more crispy than LD and PF.

by hot_mess_master_debater March 11, 2010

Debate your nan

A pointless argument which has only one outcome.

Liverpool is the worst team,
Debate your nan

by Lil Timmy 4207 October 2, 2019

non-debate

A non-debate is where a controversial topic generates discussion, but neither side debates with each other in any meaningful way, instead choosing to remain in "camps" on either side of the non-debate, where they will validate each others views.

When they enter the non-debate, they will discuss things not to have their minds change, or to change others minds, they will only discuss to reinforce their own beliefs, since the "opposition" is an inferior mind with inferior views. This leads to both camps becoming echo chambers that exist off of each other, and will continue to grow until both echo chambers have been disassembled, and dismantled.

Person A-"Immigrants are invaders!"
Person B-"Racist! Racist! Racist!"
Person A-"Can you even cuck any harder?"
Person C-"My oh my, look at this great non-debate happening."

by Vlad1m4ra June 19, 2016

Political debate

With negative situations it's always better to be open about them and get them behind you ASAP. If you don't, voters may feel that you're trying to hide something. If your opponent has any sense of campaign tactics you can bet that your opponent has done some "opposition research" on you. It's far better if you take pre-emptive action rather than have your opponent expose the negatives to the voters. You want to be in a position to say that "everyone knows that--it's old news."

Political debate

by ... Zjdbckdnznsjd November 8, 2019

Debate Bro

A spin off on the term ‘Frat Bro’ expect in context of academic debate. A ‘Debate Bro’ will out of their way to make sure everyone knows how smart they are at post-modern philosophy, international relations, deductive reasoning, and other obscure topics while simultaneously shaming other debaters for their lack of expertise in said areas. A ‘Debate Bro’ ruins the fun of academic debate for others and proliferates the toxicity of exclusivity, racism etc. within the space.

John “Dude, wtf you haven’t read DnG’s 1000 Plateaus? You should, you’d win so many debates with the information in it”
Jason “Dude, stfu, you went 2-5 last tournament, stop being a ‘debate bro’.

by Lyall Brownish Stuart August 23, 2019

mastur-debater

A kid whos in the dabate team. Hes a master at debating!!

Wow. jeff is such a master at debating. So i guess that makes him a Mastur-debater

by The Yankee Fan September 29, 2009