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Two or more minds politely banging together until something useful or smug emerges.
means A back-and-forth exchange of ideas where people talk through a topic to understand it or decide something.
from From Latin discutere, to shake apart or scatter — literally smashing a topic to bits to see what falls out.
violent rootShares ancestry with concussion, both about striking hard.
legal cousinOnce meant dispersing or dispelling a claim entirely.
online driftComment sections rarely honor the word's original meaning.