Passive-Aggressive?

[saintbacchus]

David:

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What is the meaning of 'passive-aggressive'? It has come
up on the main list a few times recently.
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In reference to Ron and Molly, I assume? "Passive-
aggressive" refers to a pattern of behavior (or
personality) where, instead of standing up for oneself,
a person takes abuse quietly and gets revenge secretly.

For instance, say you hate your boss because he's overly
critical and doesn't offer reasonable or helpful advice.
You don't say a word about this to him. Instead, you spit
in his coffee mug every morning. Or you act edgy whenever
he's around. Or you don't follow his orders.

It's an exasperating thing to deal with, because none of
that kind of behavior gets to the heart of the problem.
The theoretical victim might not even know there is a
problem.

Anyway, all of this is kind of a distant memory from my
eighth-grade Careers class (don't ask - that class was
bizarre), so everyone can feel free to jump on me for
being wrong. I will, however, be inspecting my coffee
mugs, so no funny business! ^_^


--Anna, armchair diagnosin'