All the politicians like tirinian best

[firstfrost]

I think I just blew off the mayor of Somerville. For some reason I find this somewhat more embarassing than blowing off the standard political telemarketers. But it took a minute or two after evading the call for his entire spiel to finish registering what he had said, and I had become vaguely disgruntled that he asked if I was tirinian's kid (or wife, but that's slightly less cause for disgruntlement).

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Hmm

[twe.livejournal.com]

I don't think "I'm sorry I don't know much about the race and don't have time to talk now" counts as blowing someone off. That seems polite enough, and I don't think even Miss Manners would say you are obligated to engage in a long discussion for someone who cold calls you.

Re: Hmm

[firstfrost.livejournal.com]

Oh, I know I'm not obligated to discuss politics with cold-callers. :) I'm defining "blowing off" as ducking out of the conversation that the other person wants to be having, regardless of who it is or how reasonable it is to do so, or how polite I am in doing so.

I don't feel bad blowing off people who want to sell me credit card insurance. I don't feel very bad blowing off panhandlers. I do feel bad blowing off friends. Same verb (for me), just different levels of acceptability.

(Your version of the verb is more like "duck out rudely"? )