枕ちん流りゅう漱そう石せき

noun

sore loser who stubbornly refuses to admit being wrong

A yojijukugo describing someone who, when proven wrong, twists logic to insist they are right. Rare and literary; often used to characterize a stubborn, argumentative person.

See also: 漱石枕流

• 彼かれは議ぎ論ろんに負まけると枕ちん流りゅう漱そう石せきの態たい度どをとる。

  When he loses an argument, he takes the attitude of a sore loser who won't admit he's wrong.