should on en · VERB
Etymology
Attributed to Albert Ellis (1913–2007), American psychologist and psychotherapist; perhaps intended to evoke shit on.
Meanings
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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.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| shoulding on | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| shoulded on | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| shoulded on | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| shoulds on | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |