| 词汇 | prebuttal |
| 词源 | prebuttal. A new coinage deriving from rebuttal, which means giving a rebuttal before one’s opponent has even present- ed his or her case—that is, anticipating that opponent’s case and responding to it. The word may have been coined by some- one in the Bush 2000 presidential campaign. |
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