What is Topic Bomb?
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A new topic introduced into a conversation which has the effect of causing the participants to stray from the previous course of the discussion and causes multiple digressions to occur.
A student in a graduate seminar prefaces his contribution to the discussion by saying, "This might be kind of a topic bomb, but it might be pertinent."
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Originated with Australian prison inmates who would resist transfers/court appearances by smearing themselves with their own faeces - de..
