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fauxpologies

fauxpologies is the plural of fauxpology.

Meaning of fauxpology

Noun

fauxpology (plural fauxpologies)

  1. (slang) Synonym of non-apology.
    • What satirist could then top Texas Republican Joe Barton's coerced, linguistically mangled fauxpology? "If anything I said this morning has been misconstrued to the opposite effect I want to apologize for that misconstrued misconstruction." Translation: It's your fault for hearing me right the...2010 June 23, Ruth Marcus, “The Gulf oil disaster: when bad things happen to bad companies”, in The Seattle Times
    Synonyms:
    non-apology

Questions about fauxpologies

What is fauxpologies the plural of?
Fauxpologies is the plural of fauxpology.

Words near fauxpologies in the dictionary

  1. fauxmosexual
  2. fauxmosexuality
  3. fauxmosexuals
  4. fauxnetic
  5. fauxpen
  6. fauxpologies
  7. fauxpology
  8. fauxstalgia
  9. fauxstalgic
  10. fauxsurrection
  11. fauxsurrections

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