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choose violence

choose violence verb: to disrespect or insult someone in a particularly audacious and unexpected manner.

Verb

choose violence (third-person singular simple present chooses violence, present participle choosing violence, simple past chose violence, past participle chosen violence)

  1. (Internet, humorous, idiomatic) To disrespect or insult someone in a particularly audacious and unexpected manner.
    • wake up and choose violence
    • In a post on his Instagram story Thursday, the Saturday Night Live head writer [Michael Che] expressed his desire to "make fun of Simone Biles." In the next post, he wrote: "I got like 3 mins of Simone Biles jokes in my head. I'm going to the cellar tonight to say them into a microphone. As the...2021 July 30, Tayo Bero, “When Will Michael Che Face Consequences For Punching Down On Black Women?”, in Refinery29, archived from the original on 13 Jul 2023
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see choose, violence.

Forms of choose violence

third-person singular presentchooses violence
present participlechoosing violence
pastchose violence
past participlechosen violence

Origin of choose violence

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).

Questions about choose violence

What does choose violence mean?
Choose violence means to disrespect or insult someone in a particularly audacious and unexpected manner.
What part of speech is choose violence?
Choose violence is a verb.
What is the past tense of choose violence?
The past tense of choose violence is chose violence.

Words near choose violence in the dictionary

  1. choose one's fighter
  2. choose out
  3. choose sides
  4. choose the wrong horse
  5. choose up
  6. choose violence
  7. choose your own adventure
  8. choose your own adventures
  9. choose-your-own-adventure
  10. choose-your-own-adventures
  11. chooseable

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