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p-ssive aggressive
a defense mechanism that allows people who aren’t comfortable being openly aggressive get what they want under the guise of still trying to please others. they want their way, but they also want everyone to still like them.

jane: it’s time to go, we really should get going now.

p-ssive aggressive ann: oh…okay. i just…well okay, i guess we can leave now.

jane: ann, do you want to stay? is that what you’re trying to get at?

p-ssive aggressive ann: huh? oh no, we can leave if you want. i just didn’t get to do everything i wanted to do yet, but no no, we can go i guess.

jane: g-d dammit ann! fine, we’ll stay, are you happy?

p-ssive aggressive ann: oh okay! yeah! that sounds great too!
(ann got her way without having to openly ask for it)
formerly -ssociated with a particular psychological disorder stemming from years of percieved underappreciation and bitterness. a character flaw brought on by a person’s inability to deal with their own bitterness, anger, or resentment in an -ssertive manner, thus, becoming a more p-ssive form of hostility. see: petty, little b-tch, worthless t-rd
this entry in definithing is p-ssive-aggressive because it was brought on by a coworker’s p-ssive-aggressive action against myself, and thus, is my form of counter attack. it is unlikely that the p-ssive-aggressive -sshat will see this, rendering such an action un-ssertive on my part, but it is highly probable that this will be seen by some more trustworthy coworkers and they will immediately empathize and agree that my definition (including the synonyms: little b-tch and worthless t-rd) fully apply.
act of doing something specifically to p-ss someone off, but with the cover of “i didn’t realize it would bother you”.
my roommate was talking sh-t on me, so when she was trying to study i blasted my music as loud as i could. i was being p-ssive aggressive.
when someone tries to annoy or hurt someone verbally by saying a put down in a coy or apparent unaware way.
your mom is p-ssive aggressive. she always acts sweet and then suttley mentions my three abortions in a matter of fact way.
a defense mechanism that allows people who aren’t comfortable being openly aggressive get what they want under the guise of still trying to please others. they want their way, but they also want everyone to still like them.
jane: it’s time to go, we really should get going now.

p-ssive aggressive ann: oh…okay. i just…well okay, i guess we can leave now.

jane: ann, do you want to stay? is that what you’re trying to get at?

p-ssive aggressive ann: huh? oh no, we can leave if you want. i just didn’t get to do everything i wanted to do yet, but no no, we can go i guess.

jane: g-d dammit ann! fine, we’ll stay, are you happy?

p-ssive aggressive ann: oh okay! yeah! that sounds great too!
(ann got her way without having to openly ask for it)
one who places an empty bowl of candy on the porch on halloween.

important note: this is only considered spiteful, not p-ssive-aggressive, unless the bowl is accompanied by a sign which reads, “please take one”
i’m not going to place an example, but i am going to put out an empty bowl of candy with a sign that says, “please take one.” why? well, for one thing, it’s pretty self-explanatory. but more importatnly, i’m p-ssive-aggressive.
a phrase that originally described indirect acts of aggression that either could not be traced to the actor or that could be ascribed to a benign, non-spiteful motivation. once the phrase entered the popular lexicon, it has come to describe any action or inaction that the speaker dislikes but which the speaker cannot explain why the action is unjust or otherwise wrong.
the following are examples of p-ssive aggressive behavior.
1. my lab mate did not like my not obeying his every wish, so he got back at me by sabotaging my experiments.

2. she was angry at me for declining her date invitation so, at the party, she b-mped my gl-ss spilling wine on my shirt and said that it was an accident.

the following is an example of how “p-ssive aggressive” has come to be used in the popular lexicon.

person 1: “omg, he like totally refuses to put the toilet seat down after he uses it, and then he gives me dirty looks when i tell him he needs to do that.”

person 2: “is it any more effort for you to put the toilet seat down than it is for him to put the toilet seat up to avoid peeing all over it?”

person 1: “he’s just so p-ssive aggressive.”

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