pushmi-pullyu

Meanings

Noun

A person who behaves in a conflicting or contradictory manner.

Adjective

Conflicting or contradictory.
in teleosemantics, being a representation with both indicative and imperative content.

Origin

From Pushmi-pullyu, the name of a fictional animal with two heads at opposing ends of its body, in Hugh Lofting's The Story of Doctor Dolittle.

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