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Amendments
 Changes
to the Articles and By-Laws of APDA.
APDA-net
The
APDA listserv.
Articles of Incorporation
The
rules and By-laws under which APDA operates. |
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Ballot
The
sheet used to award the decision and speaker points during a given
round.
Bitch
To
beat a team or debater three consecutive times.
Bracket
The
grouping of teams with a common record, i.e. all the 3-0 teams or
all of the 4-1 teams, etc.
Break
The
teams advancing to elimination rounds.
Bubble round
A round
in which the winning team advances to the quarterfinals and the
losing team does not. Typically, a 3-1 round is a bubble round because
the team that wins (4-1) breaks. |
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Case
The
debate position presented by the Government team.
Clash
The
APDA newsletter published multiple times per semester. |
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Dino
A past
APDA debater who returns to judge a tournament.
Down-round
A round
in which both teams have already lost at least one round at a given
tournament.
Draw
Another
word for a team's pairing. A team's draw refers to the team they
are set to debate.
Drop
To
lose a round, as in "We dropped last round" or "The
judge dropped us."
Dropped hard
When
a judge drops a team and gives them particularly low speaker points.
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Executive Board
The
elected board of officers that serve a one year term: President,
Vice-President of Operations, Vice-President of Finance, and three
Members-at-Large. |
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Floor Vote
The
"house vote," during a final round, in which the audience
votes for the team that it thinks won.
Flow
The
sheet of notes used to follow the points of a debate round or the
interplay between arguments in a round.
Free Seed
The
seed each school receives for free at a given tournament, allowing
them to hit an unseeded team in the first round of the tournament.
A free seed to Nationals means that a debater can compete at Nationals
without having to qualify. Each school may send one free seed to
Nationals.
Full Seed
A team
where both debaters have reached a final round at a sanctioned tournament.
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GA
General
Assembly, where the debaters wait for pairings, tournament announcements,
and gather between rounds.
Grace Period
The
period of time beyond the allotted time for a given speech in which
courtesy is extended to the speaker to finish his or her remarks
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Half-seed
A team
in which only one of the two competitors is seeded.
High/low in the bracket
Description
of a team's position in a bracket, as determined by its speaker
points relative to other teams in the bracket.
Hit
Competing
or debating against another team.
Hybrid
A team
consisting of two debaters from different schools. |
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Incorporation
APDA
has Incorporation Status, pursuant to New York law, as of February
11, 2000.
Ironman
A debate
team with only one debater. Ironman teams may not enter tournaments,
but sometimes debaters drop out and a debater must continue debating
alone. Most tournaments do not allow an Ironman to win. |
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Judging Director
The
individual in charge of assigning judges to rounds at a given tournament. |
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Loose Link
An
irrelevant sentences for you to link your case to. |
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Marker/Blocker
An
entry or finish used in computing –OTY results.
MO Dump
A large
number of strong new arguments saved for the MO speech. |
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Nationals Qual
An
earned right to compete at the National Championship, acquired by
reaching the final round at an APDA-sanctioned tournament or participating
in elimination rounds at World or Northams.
NOTY
The
Novice of the Year Award, received by the novice debater with the
highest point totals over six markers.
Novice
The
designation given to either a first year debater or a debater with
less than three APDA tournaments and no APDA Nationals experience.
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One Down
The
teams that have lost one round so far in a given tournament.
Out-rounds
The
elimination rounds involving the break teams.
Outside Trustees
The
two elected ex-officio members of the APDA board, drawn from outside
the competing APDA community. |
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Pairings
The
list of teams that will compete against each other in a given round.
The teams are most often listed in the following order: Government
team, Opposition Team, Room #.
Pick-up
Winning
a round.
POI
Point
of Information.
Pre-Registration
Notifying
the directors of tournament prior to the day of the tournament of
how many teams plan to attend; also known as pre-reg.
Point Nazi/Point Fairy
Descriptions
of a judge's point scale. If a judge is reluctant to give out high
points, she is called a point nazi. If a judge is generous in awarding
speaker points, she is called a point fairy.
Pull-up
A team
that is placed in a bracket of teams with a higher record when the
higher bracket has an odd number of teams. |
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Registration
Notification
of the tournament staff, on Friday afternoon, of the teams and debaters
that have actually arrived.
Resolution
The
sentence or phrase, provided by the tournament director, that Government
teams must use to begin a round.
RFD
The
Reason for Decision, the justification for a judge’s decision in
a given round. |
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Straight Link
A
resolution that is the exact case statement to be defended by the
Government team.
Scratch
A request
by a team or school not to be judged a specific person.
Sky
To
give a team or debater high speaker points.
Speaking
Receiving
speaker points of a certain level; e.g., speaking high means to
be getting high speaker points.
Speaks
Another
term referring to speaker points.
SOTY
The
Speaker of the Year Award, received by the debater with the highest
point totals over six markers. |
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Tab Director
The
individual in charge of a tab room at a given tournament.
Tab Room
The
location of the tournament epicenter, where results are recorded
and pairings made.
Team
Two
people competing together at a tournament; or sometimes, all of
the debaters from a given school. Tournaments only recognize two-person
teams except for the rules about debating people from the same school.
Tight link
A resolution
that the Government team must link thematically to its case.
TOTY
The
Team of the Year Award, received by the team with the highest point
totals over five markers.
Tournament Director
The
person who organizes and oversees a tournament. |
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Up-round
A
round at a given tournament between two undefeated teams.
Up Teams
Teams
that have not yet lost a round. |
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Varsity
The
designation given to any debater of non-novice status. |
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