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Comfort excuse 

Largely used in romance, excuses people give rejecting someone by overcomplicating their baggage into something valid on a positive spin. This is usually overcompensating for their romantic insecurities
She gave him a comfort excuse turning him down by telling him she's older and divorced and that he's younger and has his life ahead of him because she fears that her baggage will get in the way of enjoying the romance.

Usually in this case mora than not, the person is really rejecting themselves before they get rejected in the long term
Comfort excuse by Miktionary January 6, 2024

Uhm excuse me what the actual fuk? 

Good to use when someones just broken into your house or your sibling has just left the entire pacific ocean on the goddamn bathroom floor.

Couch Excuse 

An excuse that is somewhat valid, but not relevant to the scenario.
That's just a couch excuse!
Couch Excuse by dandan8000 November 22, 2024

Sad excuse of a living person

This guy is a sad excuse of a living person

Logical Excuse Fallacy

A fallacy where you accuse your opponent of committing logical fallacies specifically to avoid dealing with the content of their arguments. The move uses "that's a fallacy" as a conversation-ender, not a genuine critique. Instead of showing why something is fallacious and what that means, the accuser simply labels and dismisses. The fallacy lies in treating fallacy identification as refutation—as if naming the error does the work of argument. Real fallacy analysis requires showing why the fallacy matters, how it affects the argument, and what remains after it's removed. Logical Excuse Fallacy skips all that and just declares victory.
Logical Excuse Fallacy "He spent the whole debate saying 'that's a straw man,' 'that's ad hominem,' 'that's hasty generalization'—never once engaging what I actually said. That's Logical Excuse Fallacy—using fallacy names as excuses to avoid argument. Real critique engages; labeling just dismisses. The fallacies may have been real; the excuse was the point."

that's my excuse 

when you give yourself a reason to postpone a task or job or an inconvenience you don't feel like doing.
yeah damn, I should mow the grass, but it's cloudy out and might rain, yea that's my excuse. excuse postponing lazy
that's my excuse by Marty5 April 7, 2013