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What does rub the wrong way mean?

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Anonymous

7y ago
Updated: 8/8/2021

If someone keeps rubbing you the wrong way, it means they annoy you. It's often used as a way of saying someone annoys you, while not necessarily blaming them for it.

The phrase is related to unintentionally stroking a cat the wrong way, causing the cat's fur to stand up, which annoys the cat.
When a cat is rubbed from tail to head, it stands a cat's fur up and can irritate the follicles. This in turn puts the cat in a bit of a bad mood. Therefore, when a person is said to have "been rubbed the wrong way," it means that the actions or words of another irritated this person individually.

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