Verboticism: Reiterstate

'No, I'm first because I'm a zero.'

DEFINITION: n., A stylized form of argument, common among politicians, lawyers and married couples, where the parties state and restate their positions until the opponent is exhausted. v. tr., To argue by simply restating your position over and over again.

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Reiterstate

Created by: Jabberwocky

Pronunciation: ree/it/ur/state

Sentence: The most effective way to win an argument is to simply reiterstate the obvious (obviously I'm right, I'm right, I'm right)

Etymology: reiterate (echo, repeat) + state

Points: 680

Comments: Reiterstate

silveryaspen - 2008-01-22: 12:50:00
Short, neat, and right on the definition ... very nice!

bananabender - 2008-01-22: 22:14:00
well formed word. I like it!