tu quoque

[ too kwoh-kwe; English too kwoh-kwee, -kwey, tyoo ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

Latin.

thou too: a retort by one charged with a crime accusing an opponent who has brought the charges of a similar crime.

tu quoque

/ tjuː ˈkwəʊkwɪ /

interjection

you likewise: a retort made by a person accused of a crime implying that the accuser is also guilty of the same crime

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I must reply with the tu quoque, though I've not that effect on you.

Cum Marcum Brutum, quem filii loco habebat in se inruentem vidisset, dixisse fertur: Tu quoque, mi fili!

Being average human beings, indeed, they invariably retort to any charges made against them with an angry tu quoque to the South.

By the bandying of insults we profit nothing; there can be no useful rebuke which is exposed to a tu quoque.

Even on the superficial conversion of the Derbyites to free trade, Mr. Gladstone found a tu quoque against the whigs.

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