Arrocasm Edit Meaning

1.

defense mechanism; combination of arrogance and sarcasm, in which the actual loser of a verbal debate negates any argument provided by the opposing side--often resulting in a sarcastic, "Oooooh, so I guess that settles it" response. Can be used directly or indirectly.

Directly:

"But you can't fire me. I literally just said two seconds ago that I quit!"

"Nope, I fired you, sorry."

"But I..."

"Nope, you're fired."

"Such arrocasm!"

Indirectly:

1. "Mr. President, we punished Japanese soldiers during WWII for waterboarding OUR soldiers. It's clearly torture."

"I assure you, America does not torture."

"Sir, we are legalizing a procedure that was punished when used against us!"

"What don't you get? America does not torture. We are defenders of freedom."

2. NBC News Economic strategist: "We are in a recession."

CNN Economic strategist: "We are in an unfortunate recession."

Fox News Economic strategist #3: "It will be very difficult to get out of this recession."

President Bush: "We are not in a recession."

See arrocasm, ad hominem, debate, arrogance, sarcasm, self-fulfilling prophecy, brainwashing

2.

A statement or action so arrogant, it could be perceived as sarcastic.

The following quotes and situations involve uses of arrocasm:

"The surge worked."

--George W. Bush

"You're doin' a heckuva job, Brownie!"

--George W. Bush

"To be honest with ya, I don't think journalists should be anywhere allowed war."

--Joe the Plumber, while reporting from Israel

"Hey guys, you want a story? Come here!"

(Israeli cameramen come over)

"You guys want a good story? Well, I'm not the story. I'm just an average guy."

--Joe the Plumber

"How about Sarah Palin last night, huh?"

--John McCain on the 2008 Vice Presidential Debates

"The fundamentals of the economy are strong."

--John McCain

"What do you expect? A team of mavericks."

--Sarah Palin

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