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Just a tip, if you want to keep with your sports metaphors, and meant to say "a good PM is on the offensive", you probably meant "a good PM is proactive (acts t
by patrickyeon 14y ago
Just a tip, if you want to keep with your sports metaphors, and meant to say "a good PM is on the offensive", you probably meant "a good PM is proactive (acts to solve a problem before it shows up)". Describing someone as 'offensive' is saying there is something about them that offends you.
- nicw 14y agoha, you're right, thanks. I'll leave as-is so your comment doesn't look garfield-minus-garfield.
- roel_v 14y ago"To be on the offensive" means "attacking something" or "being aggressive towards something", not that the person who is "on the offensive" offends somebody in the sense that that somebody's feelings are hurt - http://www.thefreedictionary.com/go+on+the+offensive http://www.thefreedictionary.com/go+on+the+offensive . It's arguable whether or not a PM should be that aggressive, but I'd say his expression made sense.
- vacri 14y ago"A good PM is on the offensive" and "A good PM is offensive" are two different comments, the latter much more ambiguous and easy to misconstrue.
- roel_v 14y agoYes that's right, because the person I was replying to used "to be on the offensive" I didn't go back and check, but yes the OP used "offensive" which is quite different. My bad.