pass-agg

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pass-agg (comparative more pass-agg, superlative most pass-agg)

  1. (informal) Clipping of passive-aggressive.
    • 2015 April 18, “From Bathsheba Everdene to lumbersexuals, what’s hot and what’s not this week”, in The Guardian[1], →ISSN:
      On their toes: stationery jewellery, pass agg teen speak, Raised By Wolves. On their heels: emojis, Card Room Green, and… er, toes
    • 2018 December 19, Peter Bradshaw, “Welcome to Marwen review: Steve Carell on icky form in straightwashed misfire”, in The Guardian[2], →ISSN:
      The remarkable career of artist and photographer Mark Hogancamp has been turned into an elaborate and misjudged movie of baffling pass-agg ickiness and pointlessness.