balloon debates

A form of balloon debate — 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

noun
  1. pluralplural of balloon debate
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