by UrbanLinguist :) June 24, 2025
Get the passive voice mug.1) To say things or act in such a way as to offend, without being directly offensive. 2) indirectly offensive
by Paul & this girl December 4, 2017
Get the passive offensive mug.A deliberate and calculated behavior exhibited by an organization or its members, particularly law enforcement agencies, where they feign misunderstanding or lack of capability to fulfill a legal or formal request for information. This tactic is employed as a means of evasion to avoid accountability, transparency, or the disclosure of information that could implicate the organization in illegal activities or misconduct. It is characterized by an outward appearance of cooperation or innocence, masking an intentional effort to obstruct justice or the rightful access to information. This behavior is passive-aggressive in nature because it avoids direct confrontation or refusal while actively working against the requester's aims to uncover truth or obtain justice.
This definition encapsulates the manipulative and obstructive nature of the behavior, emphasizing its purpose as a strategy to evade legal and moral responsibilities.
This definition encapsulates the manipulative and obstructive nature of the behavior, emphasizing its purpose as a strategy to evade legal and moral responsibilities.
The police department's refusal to provide the requested documents, coupled with their pretense of not understanding the clear terms of the FOIA request, is a classic case of passive-aggressive strategic incompetence designed to shield themselves from scrutiny.
by I Juana Be Free March 3, 2024
Get the Passive-Aggressive Strategic Incompetence mug.To be forced into a situation where you have to interact with other human beings because your friend likes to socialise and you're along for the ride.
Passive Peopling/ To passively people:
To be in a social situation due to a friend where you are forced to interact with other human beings. Like passive smoking,you don't choose it but you have no choice but to absorb the residue.
To be in a social situation due to a friend where you are forced to interact with other human beings. Like passive smoking,you don't choose it but you have no choice but to absorb the residue.
by anonymous January 29, 2023
Get the Passive Peopling mug.Antonym to ‘passive aggressive’ but still as childish and/or immature. Example: Your crush walks into the gym. You the passive peaceful mirror your workout according to his/hers ensuring you are in line of sight at least 75% of the time, but at no time do you say hi or initiate any communication because you know you’re a spineless wussy. Moreover, he/she is CLEARLY aware of your presence but refrains from any passive aggressive behavior instead rising above the weakness you fail miserably at.
(At gym)
Hot Gym Patron #1: That guy over there always follows my routine, constantly stares, and always finds some weird way of walking right in front me but acts like it’s always an accident.
Hot Gym Patron #2: So annoying! I cant stand when someone is passive peaceful .
Grow up.
Hot Gym Patron #1: That guy over there always follows my routine, constantly stares, and always finds some weird way of walking right in front me but acts like it’s always an accident.
Hot Gym Patron #2: So annoying! I cant stand when someone is passive peaceful .
Grow up.
by Jeffrey Richards May 31, 2018
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