Political Debate Terms

noun a subject or issue over which there is continuing disagreement or conflict

• The budget allocation for the project has become a bone of contention among the stakeholders.
• The choice of movie for tonight is the bone of contention between us.
• The new dress code is the bone of contention in the office.
• The disputed inheritance has become the bone of contention between the siblings.

verb to reply or respond in a conversation or argument

• After taking a brief break to gather his thoughts, he decided to rejoin the meeting.
• I'm going to grab a snack and then rejoin the group by the pool.
• I'll just finish this level of the game and then rejoin you guys in the chat.
• She needed some time alone to rejoin her sense of self before facing the challenges ahead.

verb a word used to describe an action or state of being

preposition a word that shows the relationship between a noun or pronoun and other words in a sentence

• During the presentation, the speaker decided to go off script and speak from the heart.
• I love it when comedians go off script and start improvising on stage.
• The actor totally went off script and started ad-libbing in that scene.
• When things started going wrong, I had to go off script and come up with a new plan.

adverb in a sharp and bitter manner

• The business partners parted ways acrimoniously after failing to reach a compromise.
• They argued acrimoniously about who should do the dishes.
• The siblings fought acrimoniously over the last slice of pizza.
• The debate ended acrimoniously, leaving a bitter taste in everyone's mouth.