MinimizingTheirInitialClaimShutting DownCommunicationActing ConfusedorMisunderstandingChangingtheSubjectBlamingExternalFactorsBecomingArgumentative/HostileBacktracking/RetractingStatementAppealingtoEmotionAvoidingDirectAnswersOver-Explaining(todistract)Turningthe FocusBack onYouUsingAbsolutes(e.g.,"always,""never")"That's notwhat Imeant"(withoutclarifying)Generalizing/VaguenessClaiming YouMisunderstoodShifting theGoal of theConversationMinimizingTheirInitialClaimShutting DownCommunicationActing ConfusedorMisunderstandingChangingtheSubjectBlamingExternalFactorsBecomingArgumentative/HostileBacktracking/RetractingStatementAppealingtoEmotionAvoidingDirectAnswersOver-Explaining(todistract)Turningthe FocusBack onYouUsingAbsolutes(e.g.,"always,""never")"That's notwhat Imeant"(withoutclarifying)Generalizing/VaguenessClaiming YouMisunderstoodShifting theGoal of theConversation

The Defensive's Bing(o) - Call List

(Print) Use this randomly generated list as your call list when playing the game. There is no need to say the BINGO column name. Place some kind of mark (like an X, a checkmark, a dot, tally mark, etc) on each cell as you announce it, to keep track. You can also cut out each item, place them in a bag and pull words from the bag.


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  1. Minimizing Their Initial Claim
  2. Shutting Down Communication
  3. Acting Confused or Misunderstanding
  4. Changing the Subject
  5. Blaming External Factors
  6. Becoming Argumentative/Hostile
  7. Backtracking/Retracting Statement
  8. Appealing to Emotion
  9. Avoiding Direct Answers
  10. Over-Explaining (to distract)
  11. Turning the Focus Back on You
  12. Using Absolutes (e.g., "always," "never")
  13. "That's not what I meant" (without clarifying)
  14. Generalizing/Vagueness
  15. Claiming You Misunderstood
  16. Shifting the Goal of the Conversation