well, it's hard to explain but here it goes:
suppose you are at fault,and then, when people question you, instead of admitting you try to justify yourself by blaming them... god ... i kept thinking and thinking but i just can't remember what this is called... please... any suggestions?
2007-12-27 17:34:02 · 10 answers · asked by Dr.kian 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Etiquette
childish?
The "deflecting" answer above is a good answer, but not if this happens a lot from the same person.
Then my answer is also accurate.
2007-12-27 17:41:12 · answer #1 · answered by Mr Smart 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Deflecting
2007-12-28 01:40:08 · answer #2 · answered by lmn78744 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Its a defensive reflex of your mind called deflecting.
2007-12-28 01:41:41 · answer #3 · answered by haley_cb 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well. Im not sure if this is what you mean, but their trying to find a scapegoat. They are indenial. They are passing the buck.
I know there is another word.
2007-12-28 02:48:00 · answer #4 · answered by Vicky 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
All the children do that.
If People do it after growing old,it means that they have not grown at all.
2007-12-28 06:21:21 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ahhhh, the old, "I am rubber and you are glue--whatever you say bounces off me and sticks to you" tactic. Clever indeed...
2007-12-28 02:58:05 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not sure about the name, but it is childish, when somebody is caught red handed...
2007-12-28 02:23:40 · answer #7 · answered by wazup1971 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is a kind of riposte culpability, a rejoinder if you like to call it that!!!
2007-12-28 04:54:19 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
is it deflecting..
2007-12-28 05:42:39 · answer #9 · answered by *dolly* 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
woman's logic?
2007-12-28 01:41:35 · answer #10 · answered by John G 3 · 3⤊ 5⤋