Like back-peddling refers to when you pedal backwards on a bike. Back-paddling is trying to back-peddle when you have no solid ground to stand on like in the ocean.
by Mohawk Joey June 29, 2022
Get the Back-paddling mug.MMO slang. Typically what the Bow Fag does once they draw the aggro of the mobs. They run around backwards while shooting the mobs which are chasing them. Or course this in turn requires all the melee class to follow in pursuit. So it basically looks similar to a Benny Hill re-run.
by Angelica_Ness September 5, 2013
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Attempting to reverse something said or done in order to agree with something now said or being done by others.
"I think that 'Black Lives Matter' is a rascist group."
"So you're a rascist?!"
(back peddling)"Well no, I didn't mean it was a group a black racists and their slogan."
"Well then how is it rascist"?
(back peddling)"Well, I guess I should not have used the word 'racist.' Maybe I meant 'extreme' or something."
"So you're niw saying that BLM is an extreme group, made up of only black people"?
(back peddling)"Yeah, well I guess some non-black people support BLM. I didn't mean that it was a problem group of black people."
"Sounds like you did."
(back peddling)"I'm not a racist. I just worded it incorrectly."
"Uh huh. Riiiiiiiiight."
"So you're a rascist?!"
(back peddling)"Well no, I didn't mean it was a group a black racists and their slogan."
"Well then how is it rascist"?
(back peddling)"Well, I guess I should not have used the word 'racist.' Maybe I meant 'extreme' or something."
"So you're niw saying that BLM is an extreme group, made up of only black people"?
(back peddling)"Yeah, well I guess some non-black people support BLM. I didn't mean that it was a problem group of black people."
"Sounds like you did."
(back peddling)"I'm not a racist. I just worded it incorrectly."
"Uh huh. Riiiiiiiiight."
by OneOfManyBobs August 24, 2021
Get the Back peddling mug.When you realise you dont fucked when when saying something, and try to Back Pedal your way out of it.
by d`oh November 21, 2018
Get the back peddling mug.disingenuous method of returning to earlier arguments or completely changing their methodical approach after their core argument has been refuted or debunked to avoid being held accountable. a good example of people who backpaddle are schrödinger's douchebag's.
"hahaa kill all men 2020"
"that's a very harmful message to convey, especially for younger males who are unable to understand the connotations of it"
"chile it's just a joke."
"backpaddling much."
"that's a very harmful message to convey, especially for younger males who are unable to understand the connotations of it"
"chile it's just a joke."
"backpaddling much."
by korewatsumi September 26, 2020
Get the backpaddling mug.Trying to take back something said or done, usally done by altering it or changing it, in an attempt to change a viewpoint or to save face. The term backpeddling refer to the motion someone does on a bike to use a brake, moving the legs in another direction, sometimes going nowhere.
1: You know I've always really liked you.
2: I have a boyfriend!
1: I didnt know you had a boyfriend. When I said I really like you I just meant you were cool and...
2: Why are you backpeddling?!
2: I have a boyfriend!
1: I didnt know you had a boyfriend. When I said I really like you I just meant you were cool and...
2: Why are you backpeddling?!
by TheTrueTranslator January 1, 2019
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A lover who doesn't get anywhere in a relationship.
And idiot ex-boyfriend.
A lover who doesn't get anywhere in a relationship.
And idiot ex-boyfriend.
One way to get over your backpeddling ex-boyfriend is to delete all his pictures.
Don't backpeddle.
Your boyfriend is just a backpeddler.
Don't backpeddle.
Your boyfriend is just a backpeddler.
by LittleLionPrincess May 8, 2011
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