pushmi-pullyu adjective 2noun 1forms 1 adjective2 •Conflicting or contradictory.It's one of the most characteristic behavior patterns of human beings, this pushmepullyou approach to life. We say one thing and do another […] — 1998 •in teleosemantics, being a representation with both indicative and imperative content. noun1 •A person who behaves in a conflicting or contradictory manner.This is the age of the Cry-Bully, a hideous hybrid of victim and victor, weeper and walloper. They are everywhere, these duplicit Pushmi-Pullyus of the personal and the political — 2015 formspushmi-pullyus
