Need to get your help on something...

bleeb

Lifer
Feb 3, 2000
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Greetings fellow ATOTers,

I've heard the term "crutch" not being used in the context of a device to support yourself when your leg(s) are broken, but rather in the sense of sort of an excuse for doing or not doing something.. ie scapegoat or "copout". However, I don't have a clear definition for it.

Please tell me what you think "crutch" means in that latter context.
 

jagec

Lifer
Apr 30, 2004
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The exact same thing it means in the literal sense...a form of support for a "lame" or weak argument.