An oratory elaboration which exceeds the limits of what most people would describe as useful or informative, or which tangentially strays into the realm philosophical musings.
by 2dois2b February 27, 2009
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Bob: That was a rhetorical question dumb ass
Jim: well it all started in the summer of 1995 when...
Bob: That was a rhetorical question dumb ass
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by John March 21, 2005
Get the rhetoric mug.when someone doesn't take the default politically correct rhetorical position of their own stance in discussing a political issue. It leads to a false perception of cognitive dissonance by their audience, when in fact the person is abandoning rhetoric and examining the issue without rhetorical bias. It leads to an ally of a cause to be seen as the enemy for not falling in line with automatically assumed rhetorical positions.
When Bob argued the following, "I am a full supporter of gender equality. However, the SCUM Manifesto doesn't help the feminist cause. Many feminists become just as bad as chauvinists, when their responses to sexism become just as polemic," he was seen as criticizing feminism, creating rhetorical dissonance. Another example is the following: "Gay rights are very important, and they should be equal. That being said, the APA has established that orientation changes over a lifetime. The reality is that some people can and do choose to be gay, not that there's anything wrong with that."
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an expression used to insult someone to their face about how they like to use big words because they think they are smart. thus using irony to get the sarcastic point across.
an expression used to insult someone to their face about how they like to use big words because they think they are smart. thus using irony to get the sarcastic point across.
Smartass: I think you losers are Munificent abhorritions of society as we know it
Insulter: You are a Sophistical rhetorician inebriated by the exhuberance of his own verbosity!!!
Smartass: HUH?
Insulter: You are a Sophistical rhetorician inebriated by the exhuberance of his own verbosity!!!
Smartass: HUH?
by Tomcat07 January 9, 2006
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Person 2: 'Cus she is a SLUT!!!
Person 1: Dude if that was a joke it was not funny
Person 2: It was a rhetorical joke
Person 2: 'Cus she is a SLUT!!!
Person 1: Dude if that was a joke it was not funny
Person 2: It was a rhetorical joke
by hueng low December 6, 2009
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These messages can cause confusion by causing dozens of people to think that someone wants to hold an actual conversation with them, when in fact the sender of the message was simply lonely, amused, drunk, or all three.
These messages can cause confusion by causing dozens of people to think that someone wants to hold an actual conversation with them, when in fact the sender of the message was simply lonely, amused, drunk, or all three.
Alice: Carol just texted me, 'Why the hell can't people in Atlanta use their turn signals?' How the hell should I know? I *do* use my turn signal!
Bob: Relax. It was a rhetorical textion. She sent it to me, too.
Bob: Relax. It was a rhetorical textion. She sent it to me, too.
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