Bob Delmont

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The Bigggest Passive agressive Phrases!

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Turns out, we're pretty rude to one another! And when you break it down by region, the Northeast is tied for MOST passive aggressive (with the South..) A new poll is showing us exactly how horrible we are to each other. Coworkers rank pretty high, followed by MOTHERS! Yikes! I'm really in for the double-whammy here!

Some of the most passive aggressive phrases are:

1. "You're too sensitive."

 

2. "Why are you so upset?" So that's two that just undercut how someone's feeling.

 

3. "No offense, but . . ." Which is usually followed by something that IS offensive.

 

4. "Whatever."

 

5. "Sure, if that's what you want to do . . ."

 

6. "You should have known that" or "You should have known better."

 

7. "I was just kidding."

 

8. "Why don't you just [blank]?" When the "blank" is something obvious, but not easy.

 

9. "That was surprisingly good." Like if you just tried someone's cooking, because it suggests their cooking isn't USUALLY good.

 

10. "I'm fine." Especially when you're obviously NOT fine.


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