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- noun Plural form of
shoutfest .
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Examples
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It's no more likely than reasoned discussion replacing the name-calling shoutfests that we in the TV news biz call "debate."
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It's no more likely than reasoned discussion replacing the name-calling shoutfests that we in the TV news biz call "debate".
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But all these debates, arguments, and shoutfests are meaningless -- or, at best, dysfunctional -- unless we first determine Why we have education.
Sean Slade: Why Education? Sean Slade 2011
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I haven't heard anything that facile since junior high school playground shoutfests.
Why I Hate the Booth Babe Story, a Guest Editorial by Holly A. 2010
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I haven't heard anything that facile since junior high school playground shoutfests.
Why I Hate the Booth Babe Story, a Guest Editorial by Holly A. 2010
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But all these debates, arguments, and shoutfests are meaningless -- or, at best, dysfunctional -- unless we first determine Why we have education.
Sean Slade: Why Education? Sean Slade 2011
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And as the Democratic National Committee and Speaker Nancy Pelosi declared in press releases Thursday, the views of Americans seeking real answers -- not shoutfests -- and reform are increasingly being heard at Town Halls.
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In classrooms and legislative chambers, on op-ed pages and in electronic shoutfests, we feel more comfortable in disputes about who did what to whom, or with policy debates choked with figures, than with inchoate stirrings emanating from the soul and thence heavenward.
The Chosen Peoples Todd Gitlin 2010
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In classrooms and legislative chambers, on op-ed pages and in electronic shoutfests, we feel more comfortable in disputes about who did what to whom, or with policy debates choked with figures, than with inchoate stirrings emanating from the soul and thence heavenward.
The Chosen Peoples Todd Gitlin 2010
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And as the Democratic National Committee and Speaker Nancy Pelosi declared in press releases Thursday, the views of Americans seeking real answers -- not shoutfests -- and reform are increasingly being heard at Town Halls.
Dems, Unions, Allies Push Back For Reform in Ads, Town Halls, Attacks on Blue Dogs (VIDEO) 2010
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