Alibi Ike

English Etymology From the principal character in "Alibi Ike" (1915), a short story by Ring Lardner Sr., and a subsequent film (1935) of the same name. Noun Alibi Ike en informal One who is always ready to provide excuses for shortcomings, errors, or other difficulties. en 2002 Jerome Alexander 160 Degrees of Deviation: The Case for the Corporate Cynic 9781932047080 http://books.google.ca/books?id=3pmWPIJVNdAC&pg=PA28&dq=%22Alibi+Ike%22+-Lardner+-1935&hl=en&sa=X&ei=oW2_U7OeMJSpyASRuIKoDQ&ved=0CDcQ6AEwBTgU#v=onepage&q=%22Alibi%20Ike%22%20-Lardner%20-1935&f=false 28 Many times I have heard the "alibi Ike's" and apologists brush off complaints and ignore behaviors because the deviator in question is too critical, too important, too tenured, or too something! en 2010 w:Frank Deford Bliss, Remembered: A Novel 9781590205341 http://books.google.ca/books?id=tsThlA42os8C&pg=PT67&dq=%22Alibi+Ike%22+-Lardner+-1935&hl=en&sa=X&ei=oW2_U7OeMJSpyASRuIKoDQ&ved=0CEEQ6AEwBzgU#v=onepage&q=%22Alibi%20Ike%22%20-Lardner%20-1935&f=false Now, I'm no Alibi Ike, Teddy, but I think that was my downfall. 2014 June 6, HarryRPitts, comment on "Benghazi, Bowe Bergdahl, and manufactured brouhaha" by Andrew Bacevich, Boston Globe (retrieved 10 July 2014): There's no foulup so lame that keepers of the flame like Andrew Bacevich, the modern Alibi Ike, can't excuse, spin and downplay. Synonyms en apologist See also en Dapper Dan doubting Thomas Gentleman Jim gloomy Gus good-time Charlie nervous Nellie plain Jane Silent Sam slick Rick lazy Lawrence sneaky Pete nervous Purvis en eponyms en People Personality