Plural of copout; multiple excuses or instances of avoiding responsibility or expected obligations.
Regular plural of copout, formed with -s. The plural form became standard in 20th-century American English, particularly in criticism and youth culture.
In the 1960s, 'copouts' was a cutting insult—it meant you weren't standing up for your principles or the movement, which made it a powerful word in counterculture discourse even though its origins are murky.
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