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Message: <blockquote data-quote="reveal" data-source="post: 2811880" data-attributes="member: 1236">Passive aggressive is a way of saying/posting something that is meant to be an attack but is worded in such a manner as not to be confrontational.For example, in the Rules Forum people would say "That would make a great House Rule" if someone posted an interpretation of the rules that someone disagreed with. Mind you, the phrase itself is not aggressive, but it basically meant "You're an idiot because you don't read the rules the same way I do." There's definitely a difference in tone between those two phrases.Here's a good definition: <a href="http://www.straightdope.com/columns/030530.html" target="_blank">http://www.straightdope.com/columns/030530.html</a>What's so frustrating about PA people is they will say something rude and then, if called on it, will make it sound like you took their words out of context or that they didn't say what you called them on. It's very difficult to make a PA person ever see how rude they actually are.</blockquote>