should on
verbEtymology Attributed to Albert Ellis (1913–2007), American psychologist and psychotherapist; perhaps intended to evoke shit on.
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US, Colloquial To impose judgment on (oneself or others) by telling them what they should do.
- Shoulding on yourself keeps you imprisoned in other people's beliefs and it makes you a puppet on a string […]2009, Ecallaw Leachim, Ratology: Way of the Undamned, page 100:
- 2014, Jan Johnson, Invitation to the Jesus Life: Experiments in Christlikeness As we join Jesus in death to self, we stop "shoulding" on people and telling them what to do: You should read this book; you should go to this conference.