new word of the day. backpedaling

Hello everyone,

Welcome back to another episode of new English words!!

I hope that you all had a fantastic evening and that you are getting your rest and getting ready for the next day.

In todays episode, we will discuss a new word. The word is called…..backpedaling…..

This is a great word and is super useful especially if you wanna talk to someone that is always wrong in an argument but then they try to change the story or argument that they already said.

Lets see how this is used in a conversation

Janice: I'm not spreading rumors about you!
Jessica: I seen it on your Facebook!
Janice: That's all a misunderstanding....
Jessica: Don't start backpedaling now that you've been caught!

Backpedaling got its usage because it is similar to older bikes in USA that if you want to you can spin the pedals the opposite way and we call this backpedaling.

Although fun, it can be dangerous but on some bikes this is the only way to stop the bicycle.

People commonly use this word when they get caught telling a lie and then say that they didn’t say this. Politicians commonly use this and it is a shame that even if they are caught usually they will say, oh I was just joking!

For common folk, “just joking” can get you arrested but hey that’s life and life isn’t always fair.

This is a quite common word to hear in daily conversation and is definitely not formal English.

If you try to use this for written English people will definitely question you why you are using this word.