Verboticism: Duhbate

'All I had was a wooden brain...'

DEFINITION: n. A person who, using an example from their own life, steers people away from a line of speculation by reducing it to an absurdity. v. To dismantle a logical argument with piles of passionate incoherence.

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Duhbate

libertybelle

Created by: libertybelle

Pronunciation: duuh - bate

Sentence: When I told my brother that I was going to take a little time to travel across the Midwest, he launched into a duhbate about how unsafe it was and roving bands of renegade rodeo stars that wander the streets. He told me he had spent some time there during his own rodeo days and he had first hand experience; i know better- that he's never left the New York Metro area.

Etymology: duh + debate

Points: 827

Comments: Duhbate

libertybelle - 2011-03-24: 10:14:00
i wish i could say that this wasn't based on a true story...

Nosila - 2011-03-25: 00:45:00
Love it...sounds like your brother is a rodeo clown!