Generally, used to excuse self or another's action. A form of cover up for inefficient manners, actions or suspicious behavior. Or It is using an attempt to use poor
psychology methods to explain a cause or action
taken to solve a
problem.
" I asked you for this item hours ago. It is important!"
"
Well, you see. I had to go see and
ask someone about the item. You had asked for. then it get lost."
"You mean the item sitting on the desk. When I first arrived."
"Yes, It arrived just before you got here."
"Oh it just arrived just before you got here"
(On looker 1) "Did you hear that? that is not
true. that item was there the
time"
(On looker 2) "It sure was...He used ghettology and saved his ass"