Verboticism: Antidoter

'When I was your age, all I had was a lead pencil and a wooden brain!'

DEFINITION: A person who, using an example from their own life, steers people away from a line of speculation by reducing it to an absurdity.

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Antidoter

Created by: Stevenson0

Pronunciation: anti/dote/er

Sentence: John always had an antidote from his past as why not to do something, or try anything. Because he was a chronic antidoter, his family stopped asking him advice on anything.

Etymology: anti + anecdote

Points: 761