The
AbsentProxy pattern, where the proxy is mutiny.
For example, when extending guidance to a colleague, instead of claiming dominance using the
RoyalWe ("our boss wants us to upgrade our
UnitTests like this..."), you might say, "Our boss wrote the
UnitTest module like this, but I think we can write the cases faster if we do them like this. But don't tell him we changed his test module!"
Whether this technique serves to piss off said boss remains to be seen.
Contrast with
RoyalWe
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