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choose violence

verb

Etymology

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).

Definitions

  1. To disrespect or insult someone in a particularly audacious and unexpected manner.

    • wake up and choose violence
    • RuPaul Charles chose violence on this week's episode of Drag Race UK when he chose to eliminate, not one, but two fan-favourite contestants from the competition.

  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically

    Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see choose, violence.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA