pushbackfriend

/ˈpʊʃbæk ˌfrɛnd/nounVerified New

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A friend whose role is to argue against your worst impulses before you execute them.

The pushbackfriend hears the plan to quit, to text, to buy, and delivers the counterargument you asked no one for. Their pushback is trusted precisely because it is unwanted. Half your good decisions are their refusals.

Etym. — pushback + friend — the friend as institutional resistance to your own nonsense.

Rel. — honestymirror

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