"apology" -- stretched again

[Paul Frank]

The term weasology popped into my head when I read the quote below.
I'd never heard it before, and it only gets 26 googlits, but I like
it. Here's one example:

Readers of this page dubbed such apologies "weasologies," but perhaps
a better name for them now would be "barnetts."
<http://themalms.com/kradio/2004/02/20.html>

Paul

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On Mon, Oct 18, 2010 at 6:27 PM, Victor Steinbok <aardvark66 at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Â Whether we call it "unapology", "non-apology" or "non-apology
> apology", there appears to be a new one this morning:
>
>> This morning, Kilmeade told viewers <http://bit.ly/b5I3cJ>, "On the
>> show on Friday, I was talking about Bill O'Reilly's appearance on 'The
>> View,' and I said this: 'Not all Muslims are terrorists, but all
>> terrorists are Muslims.' Well, I misspoke. I don't believe all
>> terrorists are Muslims. I'm sorry about that, if I offended or
>> offended or hurt anybody's feelings. But that's it."
>
> Â  Â  VS-)

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