I love Wikipedia
October 29th, 2007
“In the psychoanalytic theory of transactional analysis, many types of passive-aggressive behavior are interpreted as “games” with a hidden psychological payoff, and are classified with names like “Why Don’t You…? Yes, But…”, “See What You Made Me Do”, “Look How Hard I’ve Tried”, and “I didn’t do it on purpose, I forgot or it was an accident” into stereotypical scenarios.”
Wikipedia’s entry on Passive-aggressive behavior
For an added twist, not sanctioned by Wikipedia, try adding the words “in scrabble” at the end of every passive-aggressive game:
See what you made me do…in scrabble.
Look how hard I’ve tried…in scrabble.
and so on.