(Print) Use this randomly generated list as your call list when playing the game. There is no need to say the BINGO column name. Place some kind of mark (like an X, a checkmark, a dot, tally mark, etc) on each cell as you announce it, to keep track. You can also cut out each item, place them in a bag and pull words from the bag.
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Projection
Assigning personal issue to another
The Nothing-to-Apologize-for Apology: "You know I..."
“You know I'd never hurt you.”
“You know I am sorry.”
“You know I didn’t mean that.”
Passive aggressive
behavopir
The Conditional Apology
: "I'm sorry if..."
"I am sorry if something I said offended you.”
“I am sorry if your feelings were hurt.”
"I am sorry if I may have done anything wrong."
Pity ploy
Feign injury or hurt to others
The Phantom Apology: "I regret..."
“I regret that you felt upset.”
“I regret that mistakes were made.”
The Takeaway Apology:
"I am sorry but..."
“I am sorry, but other people thought what I said was funny.”
“I’m sorry, but you started it.”
“I am sorry but I just couldn’t help it.”
“I am sorry, but I was just speaking the truth.”
The Minimizing Apology: "I was just..."
“I was just kidding.”
“I was just trying to help.”
“I was just playing devil’s advocate.”
The Nothing-to-Apologize-for Apology: "You know I..."
“You know I'd never hurt you.”
“You know I am sorry.”
“You know I didn’t mean that.”
The Phantom Apology: "I regret..."
“I regret that you felt upset.”
“I regret that mistakes were made.”
The Not-My-Apology Apology: "I was told to..."
“Your mother told me to apologize to you.”
“My friend thinks I should tell you I am sorry.”
The Shift-the-Blame Apology: "I am sorry that you..."
“I am sorry that you think I did something wrong.”
“I am sorry that you feel I am a bad person.”
“I am sorry, but maybe you’re just too sensitive.”
The Whitewashing Apology: "I probably..."
“I probably shouldn’t have done that.”
“Maybe I should have asked you first.”
The Whitewashing Apology: "I probably..."
“I probably shouldn’t have done that.”
“Maybe I should have asked you first.”
The Invisible Apology: "I guess I..."
“I guess I owe you an apology.”
“I guess I should say I am sorry.”
The Pay-to-Play Apology: "I'll apologize if..."
“I’ll apologize if you will.”
“I will apologize if you agree never to bring it up again.”
“I will apologize, but you have to forgive me.”
Triangulation, other person did X
The Minimizing Apology: "I was just..."
“I was just kidding.”
“I was just trying to help.”
“I was just playing devil’s advocate.”
The Deja-Vu Apology: "I've already..."
“I already said I was sorry.”
“I have apologized for that a dozen times.”
