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- noun Alternative form of
non-apology .
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Examples
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We had a "nonapology" from Matthews and now a "nonapology" from Shuster.
Breaking: Hillary Campaign Goes To War With MSNBC Over Chelsea "Pimp" Comment 2009
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Plus, it was a nonapology apology, since mainly he said his deputies did nothing wrong.
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His nonapology came after weeks of outrage over Facebook's recent changes to its privacy (actually, antiprivacy) policy, and was delivered in the form of an op-ed in The Washington Post.
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His nonapology came after weeks of outrage over Facebook's recent changes to its privacy (actually, antiprivacy) policy, and was delivered in the form of an op-ed in The Washington Post.
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Plus, it was a nonapology apology, since mainly he said his deputies did nothing wrong.
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His nonapology came after weeks ofoutrage over Facebook's recent changesto its privacy (actually, antiprivacy) policy, and was delivered in the form of anop-ed in The Washington Post.
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AND: "I'm sorry if my perhaps uncharitable snark about her impending marriage offended her" = a classic nonapology.
"Of all the debates Sullivan has been embroiled in, his collision with the gay left is the hardest to reconstruct..." Ann Althouse 2009
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We get apologies for things no reasonable person would be offended by, nonapology apologies when we are offended.
No Apologies 2009
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Politicians spew blatant or coded hate speech, then muster blame-the-victim, nonapology apologies "Sorry if anyone mistook what I meant".
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I was off catching up on the TNR nonapology apology.
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