Cop Out

We gleaned a lot from this impressive lineup of talent--including the revelation that carnations are cool again, or never really went away, depending on how you look at it "I think because they're inexpensive, people always just saw them as the cop-out flower," a delightful rep from Matthew Robbins Design told us. ❋ The Huffington Post News Editors (2011)

"They're not for me, I don't want to share personal experiences with a bunch of strangers, I'm not like them, I know more than they do, I've learned all that, or I can do it on my own" is just a handful of cop-out excuses they rely on. ❋ MA Carole Bennett (2011)

There wasn't reform when the economy was good, so that's just a cop-out and a lame excuse. ❋ Unknown (2009)

But on matters of life and death, this is a cop-out. ❋ Brent Budowsky (2011)

You see, there really is no excuse to cop-out in the villain department. ❋ Unknown (2009)

CNN could have easily taken the mealy mouth, tap dance around, cop-out way out and suspended him with a reprimand, and a stern warning that any repeat pop off and he'd be out. ❋ Earl Ofari Hutchinson (2010)

Asleep: A cop-out term used to explain why a heavily favored team fell behind early and lost e.g. ❋ Darren Everson (2011)

What a cop-out. wooga: Everyone should agree that “judicial activism” applies to courts that usurp the role of the other branches, making the judge a mini-dictator fashioning his/her ownrules. ❋ Unknown (2010)

"The cop-out is to say this is all priced in, but I think the market will react," said Brian Gendreau, investment strategist at Cetera Financial Group. ❋ E.S. Browning (2011)

If this is seen to be a cop-out, a way for me to avoid expressing my own personal opinion as to how media coverage – in particular, television coverage and live-blogging – can affect court proceedings, then let me alternatively answer the question like this: If I were a judge, my general criteria for allowing or excluding media would be ❋ Unknown (2009)

"Some awkward prose distracts ... while the ending may strike some readers as a cop-out." ❋ Unknown (2010)

We felt it was heavily luck dependent (being based on dice) but that would be a bit of a cop-out as a conclusion, since players are ALWAYS making decisions that have lasting consequences … go for a score here, or make more cities? ❋ Unknown (2010)

It's a feeble-minded cop-out to blame this explosion on the South. pkb ❋ Unknown (2009)

Presenting poverty, war, or illiteracy as reasons for this high corruption within Muslim countries would be a cop-out. ❋ Faheem Younus (2011)

And this whole boo-hoo the national media is trying to take me down BS and there is a "Full court press to get me" is ridiculous and a cop-out!!!! ❋ Unknown (2009)

Hiding being the general phrase “other faiths” is a cop-out. ❋ Inspector Gadget (2009)

Disgruntled citizen, speaking to his wife over morning coffee and [reading the newspaper]: Huh --- says here that the sheriff claims his [deputies] just need "additional training" in the wake of a [spate] of police-brutality and racial-profiling complaints... what a cop-out! The problem is that those piglice are dyed-in-the-wool assholes, and he knows it --- "training" isn't gonna help THOSE sadistic bullies; they behave that way due to their basic evil/hurtful nature, not because they are merely not "learned" or "familiar" enough about their assigned duties or how they're supposed to act! ❋ QuacksO (2017)

Don't [say you] [need] to [aaronize]. That's just a cop out. ❋ The Grammar Nazi (2001)

I was going to go to the movies with [Gillian] last night, but she copped out on me and made her [father] [dinner]. ❋ Justin (2005)

Saying you're sick [just because] you want to avoid a big [test] that you're [prepared] but scared for is a cop out. ❋ Chanceit (2007)

[Switchfoot's] "[24]" gives a message of hope when the [lead singer] repeats "I'm not copping out. Not copping out. Not copping out." ❋ Zealand (2007)

This phrase was parodied by [Monty Python] to end some [sketches]. Instead of a climax or [punch line], the police (cops) would turn up and arrest the characters. Therefore, they would literally "cop out" of finishing the sketch. The most notable was at the end of "Monty Python and the Quest for the Holy Grail". ❋ IndyMac (2009)

Even though Officer Jerry's shift wasn't over, [Officer Bob] still let Jerry [cop out] on dealing with [the Karen] bringing her problems to the police station because he's a good a friend. Kudos to him ❋ HE :) WHO WRITES (2021)

The ending to [Michael Crichton's] The [Andromeda] Strain. "Wait...the completely unstoppable supervirus turned into a [non-lethal] form. Now it eats rubber instead of killing people! We are saved!" Reader: "What a fucking cop out." ❋ Desmond Jones (2006)

1. Chris would have [met up] with his friends today but being a [cop out], he stayed in and watched child anime porn then played with his sisters. 2. [Vaughan] is such a cop out! ❋ Mattius Von Grim Lindley (2009)

"I [feared] for my life when he reached for his [wallet],' is such a [cop-out]." ❋ Dex Novice (2021)