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excusecraft

A subset of corporate communication that involves developing plausible explanations for what went disastrously wrong with a project, usually to avoid responsibility as an outcome of blamestorming.
The client isn't buying that they lost our phone message about the missed deadline -- better start practicing some excusecraft.
by drwende July 8, 2005
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excuseapedia

a person who is always making up excuses
Krista Leach is an excuseapedia. She always has a reason for why things aren't done.
by laleach3 August 19, 2011
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Boring Excitement

An oxymoron, best used to describe the qualities of an art work by any artist (most often a contemporary artist) other than Bruce Nauman. Most appropriately used when impersonating Francesco Bonami.
"There is nothing but boring excitement here. Let's go to a swanky party."
by mariaviolet November 8, 2009
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Brown Excitement

Man, i had major Brown Excitement last night!
by curley19 May 14, 2011
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abuse excuse

Silly little lies made up by those in the unfortunate position of being in abusive relationships, but aren't ready to deal with it yet.
That po' bitch need a new abuse excuse fo' all da' beatdowns she be gittin!
by abuseexcuse.org August 30, 2013
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tactical excuse

An excuse or set of excuses that removes or points the blame of poor performance or poor planning on ones equipment, other operators, or acts of god such as weather.
Operator 1: Hey what seems to be the issue, you were just laughing at how easy this was going to be a few days ago?
Operator 2: The sun is in my eyes, and its so cold I can't complete simple tasks, but mostly I'm hungry and when that happens I get dizzy. Any other time non of this would not be an issue.
Operator 1: Damn, your full of tactical excuses... go change your manpon.
by trevp April 15, 2015
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sunday market excuse

A lame excuse to get out of a meaningful event, usually caused by years of spousal control.
Sorry can't make it this Sunday lads, need to get supplies from the market. I know, standard sunday market excuse.
by jimbob77 January 8, 2019
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