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actually it's a personality disorder, generally appears when stepping into adolescence. a kinda way to resist doing things and showing expected behavior due to not believing their alleged positive outcomes... As an entrepreneur of web 2.0 age, P-A can be a positive asset somehow. that could mean you deny to act traditional but don't disclose your denial loudly and instead silently go with your way. that was a "bright side" p.o.v :) - Berk D. Demir

My quick & dirty version: a overly, polite waiter that adds extra ingredients to your food because the customer was over-demanding. The waiter never stops being too polite in the dining room but goes creepily, ballistic behind closed doors. Look at the movie "Office Space" for examples:) - Roney Smith

wow what great comments, it is a terrible trait in my experience normally attributed to low self esteem cowards who can't deal with issues directly and enjoy the sport of thinking they're putting something over on their victims - mike "glemak" dunn

some say fear & envy contributes to passive aggressive behavior -- passion patience & persistence cannot replace accountability (or wisdom or maturity) - Scott Moskowitz

I've noticed BigCo workers tend to be more passive aggressive too. Larger work environments encourage people to bite their tongue, but then those people tend to let it out in other ways. In a startup you simply cannot tolerate passive agressive behaviour. Ifyou have a problem you need to be up front and honest about it. I've seen it tear working relationships apart. You have to be up front :) - David Petar Novakovic from twhirl

it's like the lady in the super market that says 'excuuuuse me' - but really means 'get out of my way'......a very nice way of being not so nice...i think it's cultural, in the us people are sometimes polite even if they dont want to be...:) - yat

david: like your comment/take startups vs bigco right on, neither can afford but tends to be more prevalent in bigco & disastrous in startup... - mike "glemak" dunn

basic terms: you're usually quiet (passive) but can be aggressive when you want something or something doesn't go your way. The mid point is usually considered assertive which is where you want to be. (there's personality traits as well, but it was years ago I did the course) - Duncan Riley

look here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... - David Sifry from twhirl

look here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki..., this isn't bad either: http://www.straightdope.com/columns... - David Sifry from twhirl

I wonder if Gandhi was passive aggressive? I have a friend who is aggressive passive. He gets violently angry about stuff he doesn't really care about. Not kidding. - anna sauce

it's the opposite of how I am at work ;) - bear (aka Mike Taylor)

Well, say you wanted a soda. An agressive person would say, "Go get me a soda." A passive-agressive person would say "I wish I had a soda. If only someone would get me one." - Alex P. from twhirl

it's definitely better than being straight-out aggressive - Wil from MojiPage Bot

People who are passive-aggressive might take so long to get ready for a party they do not wish to attend that the party is nearly over by the time they arrive. - CannonGod from twhirl

kiss my ass Loic. prove your not passive-aggressive. then get down and eat my cornhole. you know? like you licked @QueenOfSpain - NoahDavidSimon

short explanation: tendancy towards not acting, not being outwardly aggressive, but in fact being aggressive in subtle, often socially acceptable ways. If you still read books: "comment gérer les personnalités difficiles", by Lelord and André. Fascinating and life-changing read. (But you have to read it yourself.) - Stephanie Booth

These are good illustrations: http://www.passiveaggressivenotes.com/ - Rubin Sfadj

how about... just googling it yourself? - Jeremy Toeman

Nice passive-aggressive response, Jeremy. Heh. - Phil Glockner

*technically* it wasn't p-a, but i thought it still... worked. ;) - Jeremy Toeman

Loic's question is p-a per se -- a proactive person would have googled it on the spot. - Rubin Sfadj

you've never struck me as a passive aggressive person! you're pretty direct. - Veronica

I will re ask your question with passive aggresion, "Can you at some point if you can find the time define what passive aggresive means? I mean it dosen't have to be right now, but I really need to know for a post, and I just hope I can get an answer right away if not sooner..but no rush!" - Mike Lewis

amazing - I have the same problem! ANd they just keep scrinking too! Is this some American conspiracy against European entrepreneurs? - net from twhirl

if someone tells you that you are "passive-aggressive" they just don´t have the guts to tell you that you seem aggressive to them - Dieter Schwarz

Telling someone they're p-a is a p-a way of letting them know you don't like them. - Rubin Sfadj

ok - that´s straight to the point! you win! *gg* - Dieter Schwarz

I can't believe the number of comments here! Net, thanks for using Twhirl! - Loic Le Meur from twhirl

Passive-aggressive people (often Enneagram 9) get "angry", but might not know exactly why they are angry for hours-days-weeks, so the "anger" often leaks out in other ways. Some people can be passive-aggressive on purpose, but many simply don't know YET why they are angry. This term greatly confused me until I had both a girlfriend and a boss who were passive-aggressive. In my family, we just got "angry" - plain & simple. - Mitchell Tsai

im doesn't want to work for me so this might be false alarm. im liking twitterfox better anyway - Tyler Gillies

Yes. It is working great. - Robert Scoble

I had already forgotten that my Twitter has IM integration.. - Winston Teo

I had IM for part of the day, then nothing. Looking forward to it to be back though! - Daniel Shaw

twhirl while on computer and itweet friend while on iPhone works best for me. - Grant Griffiths from twhirl

It's already down again I'm getting 404 errors in Pidgin lmao jesus - John Blanton from twhirl

I think they're rolling it out slowly. - Alex P. from twhirl

well Pidgin is still telling me that it's not authorized for Twitter even though I've everything else already - John Blanton from twhirl

might this be a bug with pidgin? im a pidgin user also this is why i ask - Tyler Gillies