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"