Idiom
choose violence
Meaning
To disrespect or insult someone in a particularly audacious and unexpected manner.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“He chose violence when he insulted his boss during the meeting.”
“My sister chooses violence by criticizing my new haircut in front of our friends.”
“You choose violence every time you mention how much money I spent on this car.”
“When she told her brother that his favorite movie was boring, she really chose violence.”
“You really chose violence when you told the chef that the soup needed much more salt and pepper.”
“He chose violence today by posting a very rude comment on his best friend's new vacation photo.”
“By publicly mocking the professor's life work in front of his peers, the student clearly chose violence.”
Examples
simple
“He chose violence when he insulted his boss during the meeting.”
“My sister chooses violence by criticizing my new haircut in front of our friends.”
“You choose violence every time you mention how much money I spent on this car.”
contextual
“When she told her brother that his favorite movie was boring, she really chose violence.”
“You really chose violence when you told the chef that the soup needed much more salt and pepper.”
“He chose violence today by posting a very rude comment on his best friend's new vacation photo.”
complex
“By publicly mocking the professor's life work in front of his peers, the student clearly chose violence.”
Origin
According to Know Your Meme, first used in the idiomatic sense in a tweet posted June 21, 2019 by @mtheadnothought: "azealia banks wakes up every morning and chooses violence tbh the dedication is outstanding", itself inspired by line of dialogue in the 2016 Game of Thrones episode "No One" (see I choose violence).
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