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Originally Posted by wolf
Behaving like a shit doesn't reflect well on you, sir.
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Originally Posted by lumberjim
the word 'sir' when used in that way is highly demeaning.
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Originally Posted by lumberjim
....i was just commenting on the way people say "siiiirrrrr" when they really mean 'jerk' sometimes. typically an honorific.....but it's possible to use it as a quasi insult, too. which....i think wolf employed in her post to flint. not to spend a whole lot of time or energy discussing it, but i have seen it done in real life ( usually by a cop or lawyer) and find it interesting. sir.
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:::spends a whole lot of time and energy discussing it:::
I think "sir" can also mean "I am respectfully chastising you, for your behavior that I know you know better than to have engaged in, so I leave it for you to beat yourself up over" ...returning the conversation to a respectful tone makes the person being addressed feel guilty for having departed from a respectful tone, I think. That's how I took it, anyway.