hogshit excuse
- noun
- Offensive
:
excusa de mierda
- He gave a hogshit excuse for being late.
Examples
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Don’t give me that hogshit excuse for missing the meeting again.
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Her hogshit excuse didn’t fool anyone at the office.
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He tried to justify his mistake, but it was just a hogshit excuse.
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That was a ridiculous hogshit excuse!
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Don’t give me that hogshit excuse for missing the meeting again.
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He tried to justify his mistake, but it was just a hogshit excuse.
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Her hogshit excuse didn’t fool anyone at the office.
Synonyms
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A rude way to say someone's reason is weak and not acceptable
A false or silly story people tell to avoid blame
A silly made-up reason someone gives to avoid blame
A weak reason used so often people no longer believe it
A weak, unconvincing reason someone gives for not doing something
A weak reason someone gives to avoid blame
A dishonest reason someone gives to avoid blame
How Credible
Surface Forms
Morphology
hogshit + excuse
The head noun 'excuse' gives the construction, and the slang compound 'hogshit' clearly uses 'shit' in the familiar sense of 'nonsense/falsehood', so a learner who knows that usage could infer this means a blatantly false or worthless excuse. However 'hogshit' is non-standard, vulgar, and not a regular compositional word (and its exact force/intensity is unpredictable), so full understanding would likely require prior exposure.
Etymology
Hogshit excuse creates a strong image: hog, a pig, and shit, animal dung, are seen as dirty and worthless, so the phrase compares an excuse to trash. So, a hogshit excuse means 'an excuse that is obviously untrue or unacceptable'.