" devil's advocate "

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1: dev·il's advocate

  * e.g.,  ... Roman Catholic Church. An official appointed to present arguments against a proposed canonization or beatification. 

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2: n.

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3: One who argues against a cause or position, not as a committed opponent but simply for the sake of argument or to determine the validity of the cause or position.

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1: someone who chooses to say the opposite of what another person thinks or says, simply to be an asshole.

  * e.g.,  ... P1: "I really like apple pie." 

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1: devil's bitch

  * e.g.,  ... When the devil was bending Sam over, Sam was being such a fucking devil's advocate. 

 [ "devil’s advocate" ]

1: Someone who challenges an opposing point of view to spark debate, arguement, or controversy on a specific topic.

  * e.g.,  ... He will have to play devil’s advocate to get his viewpoint across. 

 [ "devils advocate" ]

1: One who argues against a popular cause or position, not as a committed opponent but simply to make people discuss and consider it in more detail.

  * e.g.,  ... Person: lets go swimming 

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1: to argue just for the fuck of it.

  * e.g.,  ... He's such a Devil's Advocate!! 

 [ "The Devils Advocate" ]

1: what you choose to do when you want to be a dick but you don't want to get called out on in

  * e.g.,  ... "now if i could just play the devils advocate..." 

 [ "Devil's Advocate" ]

1: One who takes up the opposite argument to another person's statement or position, just to cause a problem for them.

  * e.g.,  ... Mrs. Haith is the devil's advocate. 

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1: This awesome movie where Al Pacino plays the Devil and owns everybody in New York City, but more importantly is taking his gangster roles in Scarface and The Godfather to a greater level of sophistication.

  * e.g.,  ... Holy shit! Al Pacino is so cool and bad ass, he was cast as fucking Satan. 

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1: someone who thinks they are helping others think of the opposite side of an argument or even of the weaknesses, who really just pisses everyone off because they are so untactful and confrontational it makes conversations less enjoyable, people less willing to expand their minds, and results in your social life declining because of their existence.

  * e.g.,  ... -your boyfriend is always ruining the fun by trying to be a devils advocate. -yeah, come over the next time he's out of town.