Atitone
The mother yelled at her son, "Don't take that atitone with me son! Just Wait until your father gets home!"
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Attitone
at·ti·tone
The combination of attitude and tone of voice used towards the other participant in an argument or conversation.
The most easily detected and commonly used attitone is the aggressive kind.
The right use of attitones is crucial in some social encounters.
e.g. When applying for a position in psychology, you shouldn't arrive with your fist clenched and yell at the employer.
The combination of attitude and tone of voice used towards the other participant in an argument or conversation.
The most easily detected and commonly used attitone is the aggressive kind.
The right use of attitones is crucial in some social encounters.
e.g. When applying for a position in psychology, you shouldn't arrive with your fist clenched and yell at the employer.
Elderly gentleman to young punk: Don't use that attitone with me, young man!
(The elderly gentleman will probably get his ass kicked in this case, but there are some elderly gentlemen who can pack a heavy punch. You have been warned!).
Father to son: There will be no use of that attitone in this household!
(this is a more typical case when you're in a oral argument with your kids and want to prevent your kids from acting like assholes at home).
(The elderly gentleman will probably get his ass kicked in this case, but there are some elderly gentlemen who can pack a heavy punch. You have been warned!).
Father to son: There will be no use of that attitone in this household!
(this is a more typical case when you're in a oral argument with your kids and want to prevent your kids from acting like assholes at home).
fogey
Fogey/fogy /fougi/ sl. (early 18C+, orig. Scot) old-fashioned, stuck-in-the mud.
Person with old fashioned ideas which he is unwilling to change: Come to the disco and stop being such an old fogey!
Person with old fashioned ideas which he is unwilling to change: Come to the disco and stop being such an old fogey!
You think me an old fogeyand an old tory, his thoughtful voice said. I saw three generations since O’Connel’s time. I remember the famine. Do you know that the orange lodges agitated for repeal of the union twenty years before O’Connel did or before the prelates of your communion denounced him as a demagogue? You fenians forget some things. (James Joyce, Ulysses. Penguin Books,1992. p. 38)