Moot? It means debateable...hence law students practice in moot courts.
People often think moot means it means dismissable, mostly because people dismiss somebody's point in the middle of a debate by saying that "point is moot".
i.e. that point is debatable.
Hence, ironically what they mean is that point is UNWORTHY of debate, but acknowledging that point is worthy of debate.
People often think moot means it means dismissable, mostly because people dismiss somebody's point in the middle of a debate by saying that "point is moot".
i.e. that point is debatable.
Hence, ironically what they mean is that point is UNWORTHY of debate, but acknowledging that point is worthy of debate.
There once was a gal from Beirut
Who though life not such a hoot
Her nausea existential
Was so elemental
That everything about her was moot.
Who though life not such a hoot
Her nausea existential
Was so elemental
That everything about her was moot.
moot
adj 1: open to debate [syn: disputed]
2: capable of being disproved [syn: debatable, disputable]
v : think about carefully; weigh; "They considered the
possibility of a strike"; "Turn the proposal over in your
mind" [syn: consider, debate, turn over, deliberate]