The response I got was, in my opinion, an excellent example of passive aggression : ostensibly polite, but actually patronising and contemptuously dismissive of what I had done.
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The central point that my interpretation was consistent with MOS : GEOUNITS was ignored, See article on forms of passive aggression-the issue was one of hierachy and control.
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John realizes now that his mother's passive aggression towards him and not Jeff stems from the fact that Jeff's business career was never a reminder of her unfulfilled ambitions.
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The problems with " dick " and " NPA " and " no passive aggression " is that every single one of them has an excessive element of interpretation in it.
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Gavin, the new kid, comes from a very well-to-do family and is amply provided for, but his parents communicate through barbed passive aggression and all but overlook Gavin, their only child.
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While it is workplace murders that draw most of the media's attention, they are rare compared with the work force weaponry of passive aggression : gossip, rudeness, condescension and the cold shoulder.
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The first recording sessions for " Bleed Like Me " took place in March 2003, but were mostly unproductive due to passive aggression between the band members, and a general lack of direction.
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Not only was it offensive to see the mixture of passive aggression, self-martyrdom, and rage in it, but it was offensive to have, as part of official evidence, a host of insults just sitting there.
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Made as the couples in the band were going to pieces, " Rumours " is the greatest break-up album of all time, a bright and sordid collection of denial, passive aggression and glossy El Lay pop.
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Now, here in hockey's mixed-message age of passive aggression, with teams anchored in traps, left-wing locks, and contrived speed bumps, Orr sees a game that needs to allow its players the freedom to skate and create plays.