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  2. Antilocution - Wikipedia

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    Antilocution is similar to 'talking behind someone's back,' though antilocution may result in an in-group ostracizing an out-group on a biased basis. [3] [4] [5] "Antilocution" is used less often than "hate speech", which has a similar but more aggressive meaning and which places no regard on the fact that the out-group is unaware of the ...

  3. Workplace politics - Wikipedia

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    Examples include spreading rumors, talking behind someone's back, and withholding important information. [5] Such actions can negatively impact social groupings, cooperation, information sharing, and other organizational functions. [6] It is crucial to manage organizational politics to create a conducive political landscape. [citation needed]

  4. Backbiting - Wikipedia

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    In the Book of Numbers, the elder siblings of Moses – Miriam and Aaron – talk against him together. God is angered and punishes Miriam with leprosy. [12] Gordon Brown notoriously spoke of Gillian Duffy as being a "sort of bigoted woman" after conversing with her pleasantly during his 2010 election campaign.

  5. Sneeze - Wikipedia

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    In China, Vietnam, South Korea, and Japan, for instance, there is a superstition that if talking behind someone's back causes the person being talked about to sneeze; as such, the sneezer can tell if something good is being said (one sneeze), someone is thinking about you (two sneezes in a row), even if someone is in love with you (three ...

  6. 12 Phrases To Use When Someone Is 'Talking Down' to You ... - AOL

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    A woman receiving a condescending email on her phone. Nothing can squash your confidence quite like someone talking down to you. "When someone talks down to you, they are communicating about their ...

  7. Cover your ass - Wikipedia

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    "You'll never take back our country with weakness, you have to show strength and you have to be strong," he admonished them, with CYA instructions to make themselves heard "peacefully and patriotically."

  8. Talk:Synonym - Wikipedia

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    A synonym always has the same or similar meaning as another word. Dieter Simon 01:42, 8 March 2009 (UTC) I'm not saying "pupil" (student) and "pupil" (part of the eye) are synonyms. I'm saying the word "pupil" is sometimes a synonym of the word "student." The word "automobile" is always a synonym of the word "car."

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