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grooming excuse

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.
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.
by WineBusProf February 20, 2015
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charger excuse

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
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a reasonable excuse

a legendary, almost mythical and deeply sought after book of excuses , by the slippery author C.A.Woodhouse.
sorry I'm 4 days late from the stag do darling, but I do have 'a reasonable excuse'.
by brentoss March 10, 2024
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Excuse

Not an excuse to let them sell it instead of me. WHAT they are selling is HYM. Which, again, makes it more likes slavery than anyone else. Even if I put the phone down today they are still doing the thing they are doing. Seems like we only have a problem with slavery in theory, so long as it isn't happening to us, huh? But in implementation, well..
Hym "That's just an excuse not to pay me. I painted a painting and you looked me dead in the eyes and said 'You're not doing that right' and then TOOK A PHOTO of the of the painting and said 'Hey, you want to buy this photo for a billion dollars?' My work is so good that it's even good second hand."
by Hym Iam April 1, 2023
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Excuse

To overlook the obvious, to make up a stupid reason for something, happening, to shift blame
usually by Josh Campbell about Mike Vrabel and the Titans
Mike Vrabel only lost because half of the team is hurt which is an excuse
by Allen C B January 8, 2023
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The Polish excuse

Using the fact your parents were born in Poland as an excuse to break social etiquette in a way that does not accurately match how the Polish actually act at home.
"In my culture we regularly sick chewing gum onto couches, I'm Polish you cant blame me".
"Ah look at him using the Polish excuse again."
by Niko_D February 9, 2025
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Excuse

a term that your mom, boss, dad, and anyone superior to you will call any of your logical reasons for not doing something because they are a stupid bitch and can go eat a dick.
mom: did you pick up the dogs shit?

son: sorry mom, i broke my wrist on a lightpost and then fell into 20 thumbtacks that were covered in salt and hand sanitiser

mom: cut it with the fucking excuses!
by ItsKeggii December 8, 2020
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