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ifpology

noun

Etymology

Blend of if + apology.

  1. derived from ἀπολογία
  2. derived from apologia
  3. borrowed from apologie
  4. compounded as ifpology — “if + apology”

Definitions

  1. A non-apology of the form "I'm sorry if you were upset" or "I'm sorry if you took it that…

    A non-apology of the form "I'm sorry if you were upset" or "I'm sorry if you took it that way".

    • For quotations using this term, see Citations:ifpology.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for ifpology. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA