passive-aggressively

Well, in today's school system, you can't exactly get away with passive-aggressively pegging a misbehaved student with rubber dodgeballs to soothe your pent-up rage.

Once Alec Baldwin Quits Acting, What Jobs Should He Pursue? » MTV Movies Blog 2009

Between the passive-aggressively toxic sibling rivalry between Paris Hilton aunties and ex-child actors Kim and Kyle Richards, the sure-to-be-milked collapse of Camille Grammer's marriage (thank God for those four nannies and the Cheers royalties, huh?), and power-diva Adrienne Maloof's A-list connections to half of Los Angeles, this edition already looks to have more juice than Bravo ever squeezed out of Orange County.

Watercooler: The Real Housewives of Beverly Hellions 2010

I was going to ask what SEIU did in CT in ‘06 – ask, not passive-aggressively whine, since I genuinely don’t remember, but I really believe we’d be looking at a very different Senate if Lamont had won in ‘06.

Matthew Yglesias » Real Talk from Andy Stern 2010

Speaking directly is often better, but how do you do that without sounding harsh (and usually groups that handle things passive-aggressively are sensitive to someone openly saying “Hey man, you should probably be paying attention” or “Hey man, can you back up and describe this scene to us again from the beginning?”)?

Fourth “Empire of Ashes” Session Summary Posted « Geek Related 2009

In her first statement on Friday, she passive-aggressively said, "We deeply regret that many of the protestors today chose not to work with our campus staff and police to remove the encampment as requested."

Arianna Huffington: Pepper-Spraying Occupy: An Assault on Our Democracy Arianna Huffington 2011

She actually believes that she is the intelligent, philosophical reader/writer with points to make, and we out in the imaginative world (a term I use passive-aggressively to suggest that maybe she has no imagination to speak of) are just hacks.

[Guest Post] Part 1: A Manifesto of Imaginative Literature by Justin Allen 2010

I started passive-aggressively telling some people if the 'volunteers' don't start taking their job more seriously, come laying time, I'll be reaping 100 eggs a day for myself.

Archive 2009-09-01 KateG 2009

I started passive-aggressively telling some people if the 'volunteers' don't start taking their job more seriously, come laying time, I'll be reaping 100 eggs a day for myself.

Blah! KateG 2009

A tall man in an argyle sweater, one of those who immediately fled, called over his shoulder passive-aggressively: Whoa, pal, shouldn't we have kept the toys at home?

Gunplay Neil Serven 2011

In her first statement on Friday, she passive-aggressively said, "We deeply regret that many of the protestors today chose not to work with our campus staff and police to remove the encampment as requested."

Arianna Huffington: Pepper-Spraying Occupy: An Assault on Our Democracy Arianna Huffington 2011