Acronyms
USFG
What is the United States Federal Government?
Status Quo
What is the world as it currently is?
Disadvantage
What is an argument for why the on-case is bad?
Disclosure
When a judge reveals their decision and/or feedback immediately after the round?
On-case vs. Off-case
What is the case for the resolution and the case against it?
NATO
What is the North Atlantic Treaty Organization?
Terminalize
What is linking an impact into lives lost or dehumanization?
Turn
What is flipping an opposing argument to your side?
"AFF plan has no solvency."
What is a plan that did not solve the problems brought up by the affirmative?
Should vs. Would
What is asking for a course of action (plan) vs. looking at the past/present to determine the probability of the future (factual)?
EPA
What is the Environmental Protection Agency?
Scope
Who are those affected/not affected by an impact?
Cross-apply
What is using one response to respond to another point?
"Rebuttal lacked signposting."
Decriminalize vs. Legalize
What is to stop criminal prosecution for an activity vs. make permissible by law (usually with additional regulation)?
IX
What is an impact?
Fiat
What is the assumption a plan or course of action will be enacted as the starting point of the debate.
Brightline
What is the division between what is topical and non-topical?
"Voted NEG on presumption."
When a debate is so close the judge votes for the side closest to the status quo, usually the NEG?
Medicare vs. Medicaid
What is a federal health insurance for people 65 or older, and some people under 65 with certain disabilities or conditions vs. a joint federal and state program that helps cover medical costs for some people with limited income and resources?
SNAP
What is the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program?
A-priori
What are the arguments that should be evaluated first in a round?
Wash
What is an argument that is not an easy vote for either side so it shouldn't be evaluated?
What is the affirmative saying that there is no mutual exclusivity to plan and counterplan so you can do both?
Judge Paradigm vs. Judge Philosophy
What is how a judge will evaluate a round vs. a judge's preferences to how a round will go?