Dialogismus (di-a-lo-giz’-mus): Speaking as someone else, either to bring in others’ points of view into one’s own speech, or to conduct a pseudo-dialog through taking up an opposing position with oneself.
Me 1 as me: He is inconsiderate, not to mention, rude, intellectually challenged and inarticulate.
Me 2 as him: You doo doo poo poo.
Me 1 as me: This is what it’s like debating and deliberating with him. It’s like a three-year-old got elected to the Senate by a gang of rogue nannies. But, you disagree.
Me 2 as him: You are a cross-eyed farty pants. Nah Nah!
Me 1 as me: That’s it. That’s all it ever is. We need to turn our backs on this idiot, hoping he will crawl back to his playpen in Idaho.
Definition courtesy of “Silva Rhetoricae” (rhetoric.byu.edu)
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