To jerome: To make an argument that directly contradicts an earlier one, especially where the original opinion was based on principle.
After Jerome Kennedy, a Newfoundland and Labrador justice minister who, as a private practice lawyer, condemned the practice of appointing judges based on something other than experience and competence and who later, as justice minister, argued for the appointment of judges based on what province they lived in.
Ex.: No one could support his argument since he jeromed all over the place.
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