It's clear to me after interactions with some folks on Internet, particularly men who aren't used to interacting with women who don't buy into the "If a man said, that settles it" line of thinking, that such people use the descriptor "passive-aggressive" as a synonym for "You.... you disagree with me, and you're direct and assertive about it? Well, I never!"
So, I guess we can add that usage of "passive aggressive" to the same list of mis-used phrases as "politically correct."
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