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the last word someone refuses to let you have, armed with receipts.
means A rebuttal is a counter-argument that answers and tries to disprove a claim, especially one made against you.
from From the Old French 'reboter' or 'rebuter,' meaning to thrust or drive back — built from 're-' (back) plus 'boter' (to push or strike), the same root that gives English 'butt' as in a ram's headbutt. So a rebuttal is, quite literally, you butting an argument back where it came from. It entered English first as a legal term, the formal pushing-back of an opponent's case, before spreading to any dispute where someone shoves a claim back across the table.
- latin root
- From 'rebut' — to thrust or beat back
- legal weapon
- In court, it answers the other side's evidence
- debate rule
- Can only respond, never raise new arguments
- boxing origin
- 'Butt' meant to strike with the head
- timing matters
- A late rebuttal is just complaining
lincoln-douglas debates — abraham lincoln vs. stephen douglas, 7 debates across illinois in 1858
ted turner cnn response — turner broadcasting's on-air rebuttal to rupert murdoch's fox news launch strategy in 1996