Posted on 01/29/2015 5:40:04 AM PST by secret garden
In order that we might all raise the level of discourse and expand our language abilities, here is the daily post of "Word for the Day".
tu quoque /too kwoh-kwee, -kwey/ interjection
You likewise: a retort made by a person accused of a crime implying that the accuser is also guilty of the same crime.
Example sentences:
A good debater recognizes that resorting to a tu quoque only weakens one's position in the argument.
"Thomas describes Williams's defense tactic as 'tu quoque' (you're another), basically the aggressive defense for which Williams was known, accusing the accusers."
-- From Kim Eisler's 2010 book Masters of the Game: Inside the World's Most Powerful Law Firm
Etymology:
Latin, literally "thou also" (or, in modern slang, "so are you!"); an argument which consists in retorting accusations. It is an appeal to hypocrisy, is a form of ad hominem fallacy that occurs when it is assumed that an argument is wrong if the source making the claim has itself spoken or acted in a way inconsistent with it. The fallacy focuses on the perceived hypocrisy of the opponent rather than the merits of their argument. Frequently paired with guilt by association. A typical tu quoque involves charging your accuser with whatever it is you've just been accused of rather than refuting the truth of the accusation -- an evasive strategy that may or may not meet with success. The term has been active in the English language for about 400 years and has been put to use by a number of English writers, including C.S. Lewis, who penned, "your condemnation of my taste is insolent; only manners deter me from a tu quoque." The term is Latin in origin and translates as "you too," although the translation "you're another" is sometimes used as well (as in our second example sentence). "Tu quoque" functions in English as a noun, but it's often used attributively to modify other nouns, as in "a tu quoque argument."
v The sentence must, in some way, relate to the news of the day. The Review threads are linked for your edification. ;-)
Practice makes perfect.....post on....
Review Thread One: Word For The Day, Thursday 11/14/02: Raffish
Review Thread Two: Word For The Day, Tuesday 1/14/03: Roister
Review Thread Three: Word For The Day, Tuesday 1/28/03: Obdurate
WFB's attempt to emulate us ; ) No pushing at the door please!
Barack’s an impossible joke; we
Shuddered at each lie he spoke; he
Answers every accuser
With “it’s not me, it’s you sir”
A perennial state of tu quoque
To-may-toe, to-mah-toe. ;)
“We like the simple life,” Huckabee announces in his book. “Status is a Ford 150 truck; luxury is crawfish étouffée and slaw on your pulled-pork sandwich; and privilege is front-row seats at a Lynyrd Skynyrd concert.”
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I don’t think you can sound all “good ol’ boy” while using Frenchy words for food. Maybe it’s just me.
no, in that case I think that’s a suthren word despite it’s French derivation, so it doesn’t disqualify him, though he makes my skin crawl.
Not French, Cajun.
A more famous Latin phrase that really means the same thing is “et tu”, as in “Et tu, Brute?”
I don’t think you can sound all “good ol’ boy” while using Frenchy words for food.....Cajun, I believe.
Yeah, it has two accent marks in it. That ain’t right. Nothing I eat has accent marks in it. ;-)
GARE ON TEE that coon@$$e$ don’t pronounce it the same as a frenchie would!
I would have chosen a better example to avoid looking like I slipped into William F Buckley erudition. And to not sound odd to a more national redneck audience.
I just sent this to my bro asking who he has watering his lawn.... LOL!
But it is Frenchy. People are just used to hearing it, I guess in some subcultures.
We might effortlessly say things like “Martin Brodeur” and “Guy Lafleur” but that doesn’t make them less Frenchy.
Is that the right link? I don’t see the connection to watering lawns.
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/397452/liberals-and-court-howard-slugh
The Muslim prisoner beard case was essentially the same as Hobby Lobby.
Hey, pee happens.
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