rhetorical answer

To answer a presumed question. Works with a rhetoric question to form a rhetoric dialog.

Yes, this is a rhetorical answer, that's right! No, nobody asked me.

Who cares? Well, I should.

by vecvan February 23, 2017

Rhetorical Joke

An excuse when someone says "That wasn't funny"

Person 1: You're stupid

Person 2: That wasn't funny

Person 1: It was a rhetorical joke.

by chortles? May 19, 2018

Rhetorical question

Something some stupid smooth-brained fuck in my online class didn't fucking understand

Me:who wants a fun fact?
SF:who cares u hoe?
Me:that was a rhetorical question...
SF:what does that mean?
Me:a ̨͙͕̺̑͗̆̚r̴̤̙̪̔͊̍ĕ̵͜ ̥̮̅̓ỹ̵͙̆͊̉o ̣̮̣̊̈́̾͠ư̴͚̦͊͐ ͆͜r̵̛̔͋̓ͅę̵͉̬̂͘̚͝t̵̨̮͊͊̀̉ͅȧ̵̳͎̣̙̀̚̕r̴̨̘͈̗̈́̍̒̚d̴̨͆e̴̬͑d̵̛̗̘̀͊̚?̵̦̬̽̔͊͝

by Pokémeth8152 May 11, 2020

Rhetorical Phone Call

A term coined by UK Grime artist; JME, meaning a phone call that you don't answer. Stems from the term 'rhetorical question' which is a question that doesn't require an answer, such as "Are you silly blad?".

When she phones me I can't be bothered to answer, might as well call it a rhetorical phone call

by Mattaldinho December 12, 2010

Rhetorical Power Scale

10 - Legendary

8 - Orgasmic

6 - Epic

4 - Awesome

2 - Delicious

(Two people who are aware of the Rhetorical Power Scale)

Guy 1: Man, that movie we saw yesterday was EPIC

Guy 2: Ya, but I watched a dif one, and it was Orgasmic

Guy 1: NO WAI :O

by Spartriach April 06, 2009

rhetoric-raid

Rhetoric raid is when a disgruntled, former partner sends repetitive texts. The purpose of the rhetoric- raid is to prevent the recipient from moving on, being present with what she/he is doing in the moment, make his/her presence known to the new love interest and otherwise throw the receiver off balance. A rhetoric- raid is a nonsensical series of texts sent by a former lover.

Danni switched her phone to silent after noticing but not reading the rhetoric-raid, coming in from her X boyfriend.

by Narcbuster April 28, 2018

Rhetoric

The means by which you articulate your argument. Rhetoric can be applied to anything that you wanna argue about.

Unfortunately, this means that rhetoric can be applied to an argument that: A) you do not agree with, B) is fighting for the wrong cause, or C) is just plain wrong. If such is the case, then you might in fact loathe the argument even more. I know I would.

Rhetoric is to a factual argument as icing is to cake.

Applying rhetoric to a weak or misguided argument is like polishing a turd and then plating it with gold.

by Mary Mary Quite The Contrarian December 28, 2021