pushmi-pullyu

== English == === Alternative forms === pushme-pullyou === Etymology === From Pushmi-pullyu, the name of a fictional animal with two heads at opposing ends of its body, along with very sharp horns on each side of the head, in Hugh Lofting's The Story of Doctor Dolittle. === Noun === pushmi-pullyu (plural pushmi-pullyus) A person who behaves in a conflicting or contradictory manner. === Adjective === pushmi-pullyu (not comparable) Conflicting or contradictory. in teleosemantics, being a representation with both indicative and imperative content.