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Kindergarten Imperative

KIN-der-gar-den im-PER-a-tiv

 

Expresses a desire in terms of a need while posing as someone in authority. Author Ben Yagoda invented the term, claiming that the figure showed the decline of the imperative mood—the kind of language contained in the Thou Shalt Nots of the Ten Commandments. 

I need all seat backs and tray tables upright and in locked position. Word Hero