tu quoques

Noun

tu quoque (plural tu quoques)

1. (attributive, often) An argument whereby an accusation or insult is turned back on the accuser; same to you
   • And then they meet us with miserable tu quoques—tu quoques, gentlemen, which are the meanest form of logic, and, in my opinion, the most contemptible development of statesmanship.1890, National Liberal Federation. Proceedings in Connection with the Thirteenth Annual Meeting of the Federation Held in Sheffield, on Thursday & Friday, November 20th & 21st, 1890. With the Annual...
2. (obsolete, slang) The vulva or vagina.
   • I presented the mouth of the bottle in a slanting direction toward her. In an instant, she with her fingers contracted the lips of her tu quoque so as to produce a narrow curved stream, so correctly aimed that at least one-third actually entered the bottle.1808–10, William Hickey, Memoirs of a Georgian Rake, Folio Society 1995, p. 309