To pull out your phone and text a random person during an uncomfortable situation as to avoid interaction with others involved in the uncomfortable situation by coming off as "busy".
John pulled out his phone and started passive texting when his wife's ex husband David sat down next to him.
by Schnitterbit June 9, 2011
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being, marked by, or displaying behavior characterized by expressing motivation, ends-orientation, or achievement in an unassertive, passive way (as through study or work binges interspersed with procrastination and distraction)
descriptor for intrinsically lazy people who are latently driven to do a lot
descriptor for people whose success often seems effortless and who seem fairly unconcerned with it
being, marked by, or displaying behavior characterized by expressing motivation, ends-orientation, or achievement in an unassertive, passive way (as through study or work binges interspersed with procrastination and distraction)
descriptor for intrinsically lazy people who are latently driven to do a lot
descriptor for people whose success often seems effortless and who seem fairly unconcerned with it
Khoa's so passive ambitious -- he spends almost all his time playing guitar and surfing, yet he just got accepted to Yale Law School, finished his third novel, and helped develop a new method to replicate DNA strands.
by hien ngoc nguyen November 25, 2004
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1)An insult used to descibe someone as a weak, pathetic, loser. People don't mind starting fights on these people as they are easily defeated due to their low strength, frail muscles and fragile bones.
2) a common garden flower
2) a common garden flower
by Samstorm December 5, 2004
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Suggestive or expressive of melancholy thoughtfulness
You know... when your staring off into space with that glazed over look in your eye?
Suggestive or expressive of melancholy thoughtfulness
You know... when your staring off into space with that glazed over look in your eye?
by Golrilla November 20, 2003
Get the pensive mug.The use of influence, guilt trips and essentially any other spoken or emotional trigger to get a person to a location they would otherwise not voluntarily go to.
by KerrBox July 29, 2009
Get the Passive Abduction mug.adj. A type of behavior described by a person stating out loud something that they clearly want, but then refusing to accept any offer for it to happen.
John: "I want to get some ice cream but I don't want to go outside again."
Bob: "I'll get it for you, I don't mind."
John: "No, you don't have to do that."
Bob: "Do you want it, because I don't mind going to buy some if you want it."
John: "Well, I doooo want it, but... you don't have to..."
Bob: "Dude if you want it, I don't mind getting it! Stop being so passive askgressive!"
Bob: "I'll get it for you, I don't mind."
John: "No, you don't have to do that."
Bob: "Do you want it, because I don't mind going to buy some if you want it."
John: "Well, I doooo want it, but... you don't have to..."
Bob: "Dude if you want it, I don't mind getting it! Stop being so passive askgressive!"
by Anna Zeus March 8, 2014
Get the passive askgressive mug.A pseudo-liberal who pretends to support progressive causes as long as said causes don't challenge their privilege (economic, gender, orientation, or racial). When challenged, they can be just as intolerant as hard line conservatives.
Person: "Public education is important we need to support it."
Person 2: "But you send your kids to private schools. You're such a passive progressive."
Person 2: "But you send your kids to private schools. You're such a passive progressive."
by WTFDude June 18, 2017
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