punching bag
A tough bag, usually cylindrical, filled with air, sand, or other material, often suspended so that it swings freely, which is punched or kicked when practising sports such as boxing or martial arts.
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Y’all really are morons for trying to use me as an emotional punching bag, psychos.
You wanna fight me Will, you can use the reply option and do it 1 on 1 mf. As much as you want trans people to be your hate group of an audiences punching bag, I ain't making it easy for you. I'll detach any quote, le…
Y’all really are morons for trying to use me as an emotional punching bag.
My throat no longer hurts but I still want to punch something. I need a punching bag and some gloves. 🥊
Seeing this gave me fuel for my work. Only time i want to see either of these men are as a printout on a punching bag
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A tough bag, usually cylindrical, filled with air, sand, or other material, often suspended so that it swings freely, which is punched or kicked when practising sports such as boxing or martial arts.
For so long, Theon Greyjoy was the punching bag of Game of Thrones, a sort of shitty Charlie Brown who not only failed to kick the football, but would then be beaten savagely with it every time he landed on his ass.
“Y’all really are morons for trying to use me as an emotional punching bag, psychos.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“You wanna fight me Will, you can use the reply option and do it 1 on 1 mf. As much as you want trans people to be your hate group of an audiences punching bag, I ain't making it easy for you. I'll detach any quote, learn to fight for yourself for once, spineless fuck.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Y’all really are morons for trying to use me as an emotional punching bag.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“My throat no longer hurts but I still want to punch something. I need a punching bag and some gloves. 🥊”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Seeing this gave me fuel for my work. Only time i want to see either of these men are as a printout on a punching bag”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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(figuratively) A person serving as an object of abuse.
The response was swift, and [Harold] Bloom became a punching bag for leftist critics, who valued literature’s power to deliver social and political messages for the underrepresented.
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