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Pretentious Debate Words
Stock Issues
Demo Round
Offcase Positions
Potpurri
100
A debate technique where a speaker uses a rapid mode of speaking, typically speaking faster than 185 words per minute
What is spreading?
100
A problem in the status quo which justifies the need for the Affirmative plan.
What is a harm?
100
The nation that we want to increase diplomatic and economic engagement with
What is China?
100
An offcase position that calls attention to a harm created by the affirmative plan
What is a disadvantage (disad)?
100
An animated fish that will never forget how to speak whale...as far as I can remember
Who is Dory?
200
A method of impact calculus that measures the likelihood of an impact occurring
What is probability?
200
The idea that the Affirmative plan must fall within the parameters of the resolution.
What is topicality?
200
The candidate that Nate Silver predicts will win the Presidency
Who is Hillary Clinton?
200
An offcase position that cedes presumption and attempts to solve the harms the affirmative names
What is a counterplan?
200
The current champions of the NBA
Who are the Cleveland Cavaliers?
300
A test of a counterplan’s competitiveness by attempting to do both it and the plan
What is a permutation (perm)?
300
Proof that the Affirmative plan will solve the harm to gain an advantage over the present system
What is solvency?
300
The Free Trade Agreement (FTA) at the center of the debate
What is the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP)?
300
An offcase position that challenges the underlying premise of a case rather than the case itself
What is a Kritik (K)?
300
The food group that Tomatoes and Avocados belong to
What are fruits?
400
A magic wand that assumes that a plan will pass so we can debate its merits
What is fiat?
400
A barrier preventing the adoption of the plan in the present system
What is inherency?
400
An offcase position that argues that passage of a plan will harm the political capital of a leader, leading to negative consequences
What is a politics disad?
400
A form of argument that the Neg team can sever, or kick out of, at will.
What is conditional?
400
The Legendary Pokemon recently found within Pokemon Go that sent a town in Ohio into an uproar
What is Articuno?
500
A counterplan presented by the negative team which incorporates some of the affirmative's plan either functionally or textually
What is a plan-inclusive counterplan (PIC)?
500
The four components of a topicality shell
What are Definition, Violation, Standards, and Voters?
500
A form of topicality ran in the round that argues that the plan only arrives at alleviating the harms introduced by the Affirmative team indirectly
What is Effects (FX) Topicality?
500
A form of topicality that accuses the affirmative plan of doing more than the resolution allows.
What is Extra Topicality?
500
A pop singer who is the single most-followed person on Twitter, with 91,467,346 followers.
Who is Katy Perry?