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I choose violence

I choose violence phrase: used to express that one is firmly committed to making one's own choice(s) regardless of disapproval from others.

Phrase

I choose violence

  1. (Internet, humorous, idiomatic) Used to express that one is firmly committed to making one's own choice(s) regardless of disapproval from others.
    • You see, I have this funny thing I say every morning and to my close circle of women friends quite often, especially when they're looking for advice on how to deal with white privilege and entitlement, and that is: 'Choose violence' I don't mean this literally. But when we say what needs to be...2022, Haji Mohamed Dawjee, Here's the Thing, unnumbered page
    • On my last night in town before heading to the Midwest, I decide to try the hot dog at the Cape Cod Cafe. The suggestion draws some mockery on both sides of the family, who know damn well that coming to CCC without getting a bar pizza is a waste of their money (I offer to pay: "Oh my God, Mrs....2023, Jamie Loftus, Raw Dog: The Naked Truth About Hot Dogs, unnumbered pages
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see I, choose, violence.

Examples of I choose violence in a sentence

  • It is overpriced, eight dollars without any description except "hot dog." I choose violence.2023, Jamie Loftus, Raw Dog: The Naked Truth About Hot Dogs, unnumbered pages
  • Same with Witcher3 and Skyrim……I choose violence.2023 June 28, u/KickballJamal, Reddit, r/AskReddit:

Origin of I choose violence

Presumably inspired by a scene in the episode "No One" (2016) of the television series Game of Thrones, in which Cersei Lannister, facing clerical detention and ordered to restrain her bodyguard, calmly responds, "I choose violence."

Questions about I choose violence

What does I choose violence mean?
I choose violence means used to express that one is firmly committed to making one's own choice(s) regardless of disapproval from others.
How do you use I choose violence in a sentence?
It is overpriced, eight dollars without any description except "hot dog." I choose violence.
What part of speech is I choose violence?
I choose violence is a phrase.

Words near I choose violence in the dictionary

  1. I can't lie
  2. I can't remember the last time
  3. I can't swim
  4. I can't thank you enough
  5. I Ching
  6. I choose violence
  7. I could eat a brick
  8. I could eat a horse
  9. I couldn't have said it better myself
  10. I couldn't of said it better myself
  11. I dare be bound

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