cope

Meaning

1. To deal with a difficult situation, often unconvincingly.
2. (noun) An unconvincing excuse or rationalization.

“He says he didn’t want the job anyway. Cope.”

Where it came from

Cope has meant to manage difficulty for centuries. Online forums, especially 4chan, twisted it into a mocking one-word dismissal of someone’s excuse, a use that spread widely by the late 2010s. copium