An obscure cult with its own distinct language understood only by members. The members speak incredibly quickly and think even faster. They tend to also be motivated students and often exhibit a mild form of OCD.
Such debaters engage in conversation with each other on a much higher level than the average human, both in and out of round. The student government and honor roll within a school typically consist mostly of debaters. 80% of congress debated in high school.
Membership in the cult lasts from 9th grade through 12th grade and sometimes through college, but the mannerisms and knowledge gained from it manifest themselves in all aspects of the current or former debater's life for the better.
Policy debate kicks aff.
Such debaters engage in conversation with each other on a much higher level than the average human, both in and out of round. The student government and honor roll within a school typically consist mostly of debaters. 80% of congress debated in high school.
Membership in the cult lasts from 9th grade through 12th grade and sometimes through college, but the mannerisms and knowledge gained from it manifest themselves in all aspects of the current or former debater's life for the better.
Policy debate kicks aff.
I spent all last weekend hitting people, cutting and spewing. We broke and all the judges picked me up, but this one lay judge dropped me. I also got top speaks. Now I'm going to do uniqueness updates for my disad, then cut some a2 perm cards on the counterplan and come up with a kritikal aff so I can win framework.
I finally mastered the pen flip!
A: Did you hear so-and-so got into all 7 ivy's?
B: Really? he must be a debater.
Policy debate is SHITS (Significance, Harms, Inherency, Topicality, Solvency)
If you understood all the above, you're a policy debater.
I finally mastered the pen flip!
A: Did you hear so-and-so got into all 7 ivy's?
B: Really? he must be a debater.
Policy debate is SHITS (Significance, Harms, Inherency, Topicality, Solvency)
If you understood all the above, you're a policy debater.
by alas poor yorick April 13, 2008
Two-person team debate in which one team (the affirmative) generally proposes a policy which they advocate throughout the brave. The negative then argues against the affirmative case and plan on several levels - procedural, kritikal, and policy. Constructive speeches (2 per team) last 8 minutes and are punctuated by an additional 3-minute cross-examination period in which the opposing team asks questions to clarify and discredit the speaker's positions. Rebuttals (again, 2 per team) last 5 minutes and have no cross-examination period.
On the national circuit, and many other "champ" or "varsity" tournaments, delivery rate is extremely rapid, resulting in an atmosphere that emphasizes strategy and good argumentation over delivery and persuasion.
On the national circuit, and many other "champ" or "varsity" tournaments, delivery rate is extremely rapid, resulting in an atmosphere that emphasizes strategy and good argumentation over delivery and persuasion.
My parents used to get upset over the time I spent on policy debate - cutting cards, travelling to tournaments, and such.
by W Swanson June 06, 2006
best f-ing thing ever. the 2005-2006 topic is: Resolved: The United States federal government should substantially
decrease its authority either to detain without charge or to search
without probable cause.
My favorite arg: Foucault, baby. Debaters are generally smarter than you, hotter than you, bigger than you, badder than you, and generally better than you in any way imagineable. especially policy debaters. Big shout out to all my TOC homies out there GOOD LUCK.
decrease its authority either to detain without charge or to search
without probable cause.
My favorite arg: Foucault, baby. Debaters are generally smarter than you, hotter than you, bigger than you, badder than you, and generally better than you in any way imagineable. especially policy debaters. Big shout out to all my TOC homies out there GOOD LUCK.
policy debate = hot shit.
by kritik_all_the_way May 01, 2005
The best freakin kind of debate! You get a partner to back up your butt when you screw up. Much better than the aforementioned wimpy LD debate because you actually have to work to do it. Our motto: Save a forest, kill a debater. Sure we waste paper, but we have fun doing it!
by Policy Debater September 25, 2006
An evil mile deep hole which you will never climb out of. Insulting the side you're debating against is a regular thing that occurs on a minutely basis. People in policy often develop a cult-like structure within their group that consists of a "mother hen" and their "chicks". The mother hen will teach the chicks all they know before possibly passing on the role to a chick, who then becomes the new mother hen. They also have so many technical terms, even people in the event don't always know what they mean. If you are entering policy, you will sink into this dark hole that you will never come out. Good luck, and may the odds be ever in your favor!
"Hey, did you see that policy debate?"
"Yeah man, but I didn't even know what was going on. By the way, what's a Kritik?
"Yeah man, but I didn't even know what was going on. By the way, what's a Kritik?
by Ananomynouspolicydebater November 13, 2018
Absolute waste of life. Manfiestation of all that is the ivory-tower intellectual. It may be named policy debate, but the argumentation contributes nothing to any policy in the real world.
by guy who wasted 3500 bucks August 03, 2006