Couch Excuse

An excuse that is somewhat valid, but not relevant to the scenario.

That's just a couch excuse!

by dandan8000 November 22, 2024

Excuse

A reason that isn't the one being looked for, however truthful it may be.

Don't give me excuses

by et-ATK April 27, 2023

Excuse me but what the fuck

Something you say when someone says something very cursed and/or messed up.

“I killed 17 people including my mother :D”
“Excuse me but what the fuck.”

by mohawkgavin April 30, 2021

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

Sad excuse of a living person

Gavin.

This guy is a sad excuse of a living person

by Gordon Adams June 4, 2025

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

Excuse Cloud

To give a reason against something which isn't the actual reason one is against it.

An example of excuse clouding is easily seen in terms of a fictitious conversation:

Jack: "Want to go to the movies?"

Jill: "I don't have any money." (When in reality she just doesn't want to go see that movie).

Jack: "I'll pay for you."

Jill: Some other argument other than just saying she doesn't want to see that movie.

by creideiki333 November 12, 2011