Brink – an extra subpoint for those unsatisfied with the complexity of 4-point disadvantages.
Calculus – synonymous with “comparison” or “weighing”. Debaters who stink at math love this one, because they can warp to an alternate universe in which they're modern-day Euclids.
Cross-apply – synonymous with “again”. An excellent non-response to damning arguments that sounds responsive but most often isn’t.
Dehumanization – synonymous with "bullying". Whenever the affirmative team kills some people or takes away their benefits, the negative speaker will assert that they dehumanize the victims of their plan.
Double-bind – synonymous with "It's a trap!" Either their bomb works and kills off hundreds of people or it fails and they kill us. These arguments often fall under the "false dichotomy" fallacy.
Fill-in-the-blank-spec – synonymous with “insolvent”. Flinging this text speak around will confound parent judges, but pick up college alums, who like to think they’re smarter for knowing what a “spec” is.
Framework – roughly stands for “this is the only argument that matters”.
Perm – Slang for permutation. Synonymous with "not mutually exclusive". More text speak that will win college judges over and alienate those judges who don’t belong to a counter-plan club.
Press – synonymous with “argument” or “contention”. As applied to stock issues, especially topicality.
Roadmap – synonymous with “outline” or “direction”. Debaters often give one, but rarely adhere to it.
Shell – again, synonymous with “outline” or “strategy”, I think. It has no strict definition that I’ve yet heard explained, but it sounds cool, so people drop it in random places.
Turn – synonymous with "The opposite is true." Actually one of the better arguments one can make in team policy, hence the disposition of so many debaters to misuse it blatantly.
Turn – synonymous with "The opposite is true." Actually one of the better arguments one can make in team policy, hence the disposition of so many debaters to misuse it blatantly.
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