tu quoque

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tu quoque

/tuːˈkwoʊkwiː/
/tuːˈkwoʊkweɪ/
/tuːˈkwoʊk/ rare

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From Latin tu (“you”) quoque (“also”).

noun tu quoques

attributive, often An argument whereby an accusation or insult is turned back on the accuser; same to you And then they meet us with miserable tu quoques—tu quoques, gentlemen, which are the meanest form of logic, and, in my opinion, the most contemptible development of statesmanship.
obsolete, slang The vulva or vagina. I presented the mouth of the bottle in a slanting direction toward her. In an instant, she with her fingers contracted the lips of her tu quoque so as to produce a narrow curved stream, so correctly aimed that at least one-third actually entered the bottle.

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noun argument

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"tu quoque." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/tu%20quoque. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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@misc{tu_quoque_2026,
  title = {tu quoque},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/tu%20quoque},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}