balloon debate

noun

A debate in which a number of speakers compete to win the approval of an audience, who are invited to imagine that the speakers are flying in a sinking hot-air balloon, and someone must be thrown out if everyone is not to die.

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Meanings

nounballoon debate (plural balloon debates)

plural balloon debates

  1. A debate in which a number of speakers compete to win the approval of an audience, who are invited to imagine that the speakers are flying in a sinking hot-air balloon, and someone must be thrown out if everyone is not to die.
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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “balloon debate,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/balloon%20debate.

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