Bunburying

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Avoiding one's duties and responsibilities by claiming to have appointments to see a fictitious person. humorous,uncountable
    — Besides, now that I know you to be a confirmed Bunburyist I naturally want to talk to you about Bunburying. I want to tell you the rules.

词源

From Bunbury + -ing, coined by Oscar Wilde in The Importance of Being Earnest (1895) after Bunbury, the fictitious disabled friend of the character Algernon whose supposed illness is used as an excuse to avoid social engagements.
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