Omigod, Q! I LOVE those other handy "ex" expressions you listed. It is time to bury our despised debating opponents under a flood of arcane Latin catchphrases, I say. William F. Buckley Jr. was really good at that sort of thing, and he obviously relished doing it to the utmost. You could see the grim glee dancing in his eyes as he dropped another devastating bon mot.

(Note: "bon mot" is another good one, as are many French phrases. Learn it now, and use it frequently.)

If we could get together a panel of really skilled armchair intelligentsia here to debate contentious matters with one another daily on streaming video, I bet it would attract a large internet audience, and we could make people pay $5 by Paypal before logging in. Think about this as a way of raising Mudcat money and improving the site.

The debate show could be called "Slings and Arrows".