Uh... apologist.

DEFENDS

Let me elucidate: apologist.

Yes, I know "apologist." But that's a noun. I'm looking for a verb.

"Defends" is a close synonym, but I'm specifically asking if there's a verb-form for apologism.

"...is an apologist for..."

Sorry, I'm having a few Warren moments today.

I don't think there is a verb form for "apologia." I think the closest you're likely to get is "rationalizes."

Argues apologetically
Clearly, he's defending, rationalizing, and arguing apologetically.
Asshole.

By the way-

Ol' Valerie Plame's
Undercover persona-
O'Brien's Betsy

I'd go with "defends" or "supports", depending on the context.

rationalize, whitewash, excuse, palliate

Justify. "The terrorism is justified because of the Muslims legitimate grievances with the West." Equivocating bastards.

If you feel like corrupting the etymological root of the word apology, you can use the fabulous ancient Greek word apologeomai:"to make a defense of."

You'd have to just goof around with it though to Englishize it. It may keep the connotation intact.

She apologeomaied the terrorist attack with her assertions that America deserved to be bombed as a result of its imperialism.

I like it anyway.

I like "AQ's bitch", but that's just me.

As in "The NYT is AQ's bitch".

Dhimmi is another one that fits.

Appeases.

IN light of the post above this, I nominate "chomanticize" as a verb form of "engages in terrorism apologism".

Here is a sentence using the verb form of word in context:

"By naming her dog after a chic terrorist, the fat lesbian walrus comedienne has chomanticized an individual who deserves nothing but ostracism from society."

You could also accuse someone of "engaging in chomantics" should the need arise.

Damn..i really should trademark that....

Would this be a request for a cunning linguist?

I've given thought to this myself in an effort to 'brand' apologists for terror, Islamofascism, etc. I wrote about it on my blog in an article entitled "Declaring The Enemy, Part Two: Islamofans."

Then again, "Islamopimp" works as well as anything else in my book.

"justifies"

I agree -- we need to find a verb for dhimmi as well as that's really what it is.

I am casting about and not finding the word used in WWII for Jews who helped the Nazis. I know [think] there was a specific term but am having a flat-brain day.

mitigates, excuses, justifies, exonerates...

apology

Oh, this is one of those cool "poetic license" moments: Use a non-word everyone knows you're using deliberately, like:

Apologates.

Apologywashes.

"I'm specifically asking if there's a verb-form for apologism."

Well then, I will specifically tell you the verb form for being an apologist -- apologize.

Duh.

Unfortunately, it is a seldom-used secondary meaning of the verb, so it doesn't help you much in communicating with the audience that you affectionately refer to as a bunch of morons.

While we're on the subject, apologism does not mean what you think. You probably meant to say apologetics. Don't feel bad, you'd have to be a theology buff to have heard of apologetics.

Mea-culpizes

Sorry-o-fies

I like sorry-o-fies a lot. But, we need something pithier for when the Val-U-Rite vodka is fueling the post, like:

bends-over-to-offer-squeekhole-ogizes

I have several ideas:

"Sacrifices own reputation for intellectual honesty by apologizing for a manifest sleazeball"

"Breaks his back bending over to explain away the inexplicable"

"Defends the indefensible"

"Excuses the inexcusable"

"Rationalizes the irrational"

"Empathizes with evil"

"Has his head rammed so far up his own GI tract that he cannot distinguish right from wrong"

"Is so contemptuous of Muslims that he refuses to hold them to the same standard as, say, Jews"

OK, these may not be short enough.

Rationalizes... justifies... excuses...

Thank you, Michael -- I didn't know that all. v. interesting. and useful.

Starting over, howz about "excusing": To explain (a fault or an offense) in the hope of being forgiven or understood: To serve as justification for

'Course there's always the term, "the Bend-Over-and-Butter-Up Crowd"

Some other suggestions:

He

"adfiskulated"

"Galloweighed-in"

"Arafarted"

"Moore-tified"

or, simply, "lied".

how about "pimps himself out for..."

"Is so contemptuous of Muslims that he refuses to hold them to the same standard as, say, Jews"

Bingo!

In relation to engaging in apologetics for anything to do with the fight against Islamism, how about "dhimmicizing"?

Apologyrates.

Mea culpagizes.

rdbrewyer:

I appreciate your continuing to noodle on this, but I'm still voting for sorry-o-fies.

Of course, in order to accuse someone of sorry-o-fication you must observe the obligatory empathetic head-tilt, but the head-tilt can usually be inferred from the author's text.

Maybe "shills for"?

or perhaps "flacks for"

How about " Dilpazier Aslan "verbally participates in" Muslim terrorism"?

Or "orally justifies"
Or "excretes terrorist sh*t through his pie hole"

"Chamberlains"

"Rationalizes", "justifies", or "excuses" are good.

Insincere-o-shitifies

blows terrorists for lunch money

Kos.

"He was Kosing all over the place."

Democrats:

Dem. Demmed. Demming. Demmi. Dhimmi.

Popular dem Naom Chomsky

"Nancy Pelosi was demming for prisoners' rights in Gitmo today..."

"Kos demmed for the slaughter of US contractors in Iraq on his website..."

"Demmis Nancy Pelosi and Joseph Wilson both burst into tears on Oprah..."

exculpates?

Quisling

I second 'justifies.'
Cuts to the heart rather nicely.

Nothing is really shorter than the clumsy 'engages in apologism,' if you want the exact same nuanced meaning, you may have to go with a longer phrase rather than shorter.

'Bends over backward trying to rationalize...'
'Trots out the old canard about Muslim grievances...'

How about "makes sophistical arguments in support of terrorism," "propagandizes in support of terrorism," "attempts to justify terrorism," or "tells people to shut up and take their terrorism"?

"creedle". the little fucker fairly creedles about terrorism.
ok, I just made that up. but its kinda onomatopoeic. its the sound I imagine the little craven cunt will make when his head is crushed under foot, like the cockroach he is.

"[I]ts the sound I imagine the little craven c*nt will make...."

Actually, I think that sound would be a "queef." And I think we finally have the verbal form of "apologia": "Edward Said always used to queef for Islamic terrorism." "If you punch Robert Fisk, it just makes him queef louder." "The BBC and Reuters queef for terrorism almost as much as al-Jazeera." "Queef" will do quite well as the verbal form of "dhimmi," as well: "Andrew Sullivan used to be a voice for armed counterattack against Islamofascism, but now he just queefs." A particularly egregious editor is "editor-in-queef." (Kiefer Sutherland had better never, ever become an apologist for terrorism.) Thomas Friedman has been unexpectedly tough lately, so, like, "Where's the queef?" If someone comes up with a novel argument in favor of terrorism, he's "turned over a new queef."

"champions".

Has the overtones of a defender and an advocate -- one who does (in this case, verbal) battle on behalf of another individual or a cause.

Thomas Friedman champions the caliphate. Milton Friedman champions school vouchers.

Touts Terrorism?

Mediates Murder?

Gilds Goatgropers?

Softsoaps Splodeydopes?

obsequiate?

Toady? (neologism - Sycophize?)

from American Heritage/bartleby.com: Toadeater and the verb derived from it, toadeat, influenced the sense of the noun and verb toad and the noun toady, so that both nouns could mean “sycophant” and the verb "toady" could mean “to act like a toady to someone."

Ooooo

'softsoaps.'
Good one, Speller.

Ace,

Given the limitations of "English" you may need to select a verb that conveys the speaker's intent to deceive the [Western] audience while simultaneously currying favor with the [Al Queda] subject of discussion. Having established the disengenuousness of the apologist, the specific intent of apologizing for terrorism could then be relegated to context.

Then again, one of the geniuses commenting on this site may find the perfect verb, but it won't be me.

Izzy

p.s. sorry for fraying any comment threads, and who is the yellow lady?

Gray Lady.

Yellow Journalism.

Yellow Lady.

Softpeddles Suicidebombers?

Panders Porkhaters?

Hawks Headchoppers?

Markets Misogyny?

Fellates Fanatics?