In recent years, this has become a popular cover story for ignoring someone's phone calls and/or text messages. Your phone's battery died and the charger was at home, or you could not find the charger.
Shortly after Bill arrived at the lake, his boss texted him and asked if he could work on his day off. He decided to use the charger excuse.
by WineAndPasta June 13, 2016
A playful and exaggerated way of complimenting someone when they’re exceptionally good at something. This phrase was first used in a comment on ScooterSmash0's "Hp Meme | Roblox Piggy | Animation Meme" video in 2020, and over time, it became popular as a copypasta, especially on TikTok. It’s typically used to express admiration for someone’s skill or talent, often with a lighthearted or humorous tone
by abc902332 February 27, 2025
Any use of a feeble, or implausible excuse used by someone to escape from a conversation on a mind-numbing, or uninteresting topic for the listener. Refers to someone explaining their preference to 'wash their hair', 'do their nails' or some other such excuse, which would be an otherwise less desirable chore than having to suffer through listening to such a boring conversation.
These excuses were popular in sit-coms, where the lead actor wanted to extract laughter from the audience with the punchline illustrating the implausibility of the excuse being believed by the recipient.
These excuses were popular in sit-coms, where the lead actor wanted to extract laughter from the audience with the punchline illustrating the implausibility of the excuse being believed by the recipient.
Claire: When I came back with your wine you'd already left. What happened?
Steve: When that wine-snob came over to talk about the wine we were drinking, I had to use a grooming excuse to get out of there.
Steve: When that wine-snob came over to talk about the wine we were drinking, I had to use a grooming excuse to get out of there.
by WineBusProf February 20, 2015
by Gordon Adams June 04, 2025
The act of using confusion as an excuse to not perform work.
Often used on backshift in Naval shipyards
Often used on backshift in Naval shipyards
"Hey, did Bob get that job done last night?"
"No, he was confused by step 1.0 in the procedure so he didn't get started."
"Bob always using the excusion technique to sit on his ass all night" *shaking head
"No, he was confused by step 1.0 in the procedure so he didn't get started."
"Bob always using the excusion technique to sit on his ass all night" *shaking head
by Dizzzy2020 September 06, 2020
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