prebuttaln.

Brit.

/ˈpriːbʌtl/,

/priːˈbʌtl/, U.S.

/ˈpriˌbədl/,

/priˈbədl/

Origin: Formed within English, by blending. Etymons: pre- prefix, rebuttal n.

Etymology: Blend of pre- prefix and rebuttal n.

Politics (originally U.S.).

A statement made in anticipation of a criticism or question; a pre-emptive rebuttal. In quot. 1996: the practice of making such statements.

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1996 Washington Post 26 May a18/1 President Clinton's White House and campaign team have been drawing favorable reviews for their rapid response operation and penchant for picking off issues before Senate Majority Leader Robert J. Dole..even gets his TelePrompTer warmed up. Vice President Gore calls it ‘prebuttal’.

1999 Vanity Fair (N.Y.) Jan. 42/2 The White House political team and the lawyers..were debating whether to steal Starr's thunder by slamming his report in advance—a ‘prebuttal’, in White House lingo.

2001 Yorks. Post 23 Nov. 12/1 So it was off to Conservative Central Office yesterday for a New Labour-style ‘prebuttal’ on next week's big Pre-Budget Report statement from Gordon Brown.

2003 Nat. Jrnl. 1 Feb. 387/2 ‘Today, what we are getting from the White House are confusing signals instead of clear direction, slogans instead of solutions, posturing instead of progress.’—Senate Democratic Leader Thomas A. Daschle, D-S.D., in an unusual ‘prebuttal’ to President Bush's State of the Union address.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	prebuttal
释义	prebuttaln. Brit. /ˈpriːbʌtl/, /priːˈbʌtl/, U.S. /ˈpriˌbədl/, /priˈbədl/ Origin: Formed within English, by blending. Etymons: pre- prefix, rebuttal n. Etymology: Blend of pre- prefix and rebuttal n. Politics (originally U.S.). A statement made in anticipation of a criticism or question; a pre-emptive rebuttal. In quot. 1996: the practice of making such statements. ΚΠ 1996 Washington Post 26 May a18/1 President Clinton's White House and campaign team have been drawing favorable reviews for their rapid response operation and penchant for picking off issues before Senate Majority Leader Robert J. Dole..even gets his TelePrompTer warmed up. Vice President Gore calls it ‘prebuttal’. 1999 Vanity Fair (N.Y.) Jan. 42/2 The White House political team and the lawyers..were debating whether to steal Starr's thunder by slamming his report in advance—a ‘prebuttal’, in White House lingo. 2001 Yorks. Post 23 Nov. 12/1 So it was off to Conservative Central Office yesterday for a New Labour-style ‘prebuttal’ on next week's big Pre-Budget Report statement from Gordon Brown. 2003 Nat. Jrnl. 1 Feb. 387/2 ‘Today, what we are getting from the White House are confusing signals instead of clear direction, slogans instead of solutions, posturing instead of progress.’—Senate Democratic Leader Thomas A. Daschle, D-S.D., in an unusual ‘prebuttal’ to President Bush's State of the Union address. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1996
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