chackmate

What you say, in closing, when you're pretending to be a stupid person who thinks they're making a clever argument. Usually as a hashtag following a pastiche of a dumb-person interlocutor you imagine you're arguing with.

Etymology: the first confirmed ironic usage was by @gbowie3 on September 30, 2012:

well in America we invented democracy, capitalism, freedom and the number one nation in the world #MERICA #ChackMate

by ClimbingTheLog November 13, 2021

Checkmate

What you say when you bring in an argument so powerful that your debate opponent is unable to respond to it.

Bananas prove god exists. CHECKMATE atheists.

by Friendless Fellow August 2, 2019

Ice skater checkmate

The Ice skater checkmate is a checkmate where the rook or the queen checkmates the king that is blocked by all three of his pawns after the king has castled.

OH MY GOD CHAT I DID THE "ICE SKATER CHECKMATE" BING BANG BOOM

by LustBird May 26, 2020

Checkmate, Lincolnites!

A phrase uttered by Neo-Confederates or Lost Causers after DESTROYING the pernicious lies of Yankees, Scalawags, and Carpetbaggers using FACTS and LOGIC.

Johnny Reb: "Why did the North invade the South in 1861? Was it because they hated slavery?"

Billy Yank: "No, it was to save the Union, but sl-"

Johnny Reb: "CHECKMATE, LINCOLNITES!1!!!1!"

by Cool With Coolidge October 6, 2022

checkmate

1.Time in chess inwhich the King is being threatened, and cannot move anywhere else without being threatened again. This is the end of a chess game.

2. To win completely.

1. Your king can't go anywhere; checkmate.

2. Wow, now he's dead... checkmate!

by The Phone Booth April 24, 2004

Verbal Checkmate

Getting someone to the point in an argument to which they have no comeback or response.

She seemed to shut up after I got her in that verbal checkmate last night.

by Gmagnum GJA January 20, 2009

Urinal Checkmate

The act of a man picking an open urinal that accomplishes 2 things.

1. He is not standing right next to another man
2. Anybody else that enters the bathroom will be forced to stand next to another man.

I was late because Frank urinal checkmate'd me, so I had to wait to go to the bathroom.

by urinalcheckmatelolo April 25, 2011