Notpology vs Nonapology - What's the difference?
notpology | nonapology | Synonyms |
A statement in the form of an apology, but without contrition or acknowledgement of wrongdoing.
* {{quote-news
, date = 2007-08-31
, title = Michael Vick, Senator Craig Prove That Sometimes 'Sorry' Really Is The Hardest Word
, first = Gil
, last = Kaufman
, work = MTV News
, url = http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1568650/vick-craig-art-apology.jhtml
, passage = A short time later, Bush, who is certainly not known for contrition, went further in the notpology direction and lashed out at detractors of Gonzales, whose "good name was dragged through the mud for political reasons," he said.
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* {{quote-web
, date = 2012-03-06
, title = Limbaugh Losing Advertisers
, work = orlandobulletin.com
, url = http://orlandobulletin.com/limbaugh-losing-advertisers/
, passage = Prior to the notpology , at least half a dozen companies had pulled their ads from the show.
}}
* {{quote-news
, date = 2007-12-14
, first = Katharine Q.
, last = Seelye
, title = Apologies From the Heart (of Darkness?)
, newspaper = (The New York Times)
, url = http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/14/us/politics/14clinton.html
, passage = "These are nonapology apologies," said Larry J. Sabato, a University of Virginia political scientist.
}}
