protest too much

verb

Etymology

Shortened from the lady doth protest too much.

Definitions

  1. To insist so passionately about something that people suspect the opposite of what one is…

    To insist so passionately about something that people suspect the opposite of what one is saying.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for protest too much. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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