sedentary death syndrome — (SED.un.tair.ee deth SIN.drum, drohm) n. Death caused by extreme inactivity and poor nutrition. Also: SeDS. Example Citation: Americans are killing themselves at nearly double the rate of a decade ago with something that has been officially… … New words
Pierre Salinger syndrome — n. The tendency for online users, especially new users, to assume any information published on the Internet is automatically true. Example Citation: Consider the following string of assertions. Microsoft invented Windows. Bill Gates was murdered… … New words
Jane Wayne syndrome — n. The tendency for some female rookie police officers to use excessive force to try to live up to preconceived tough guy images. Example Citation: But women are not immune from using excessive force. Ms. Fletcher identified a tendency by some… … New words
information fatigue syndrome — n. The weariness and stress that result from having to deal with excessive amounts of information. Also: IFS. Example Citation: Psychologist Dr David Lewis, who was involved in preparing the report, suggested that a new phenomenon, information… … New words
locked-in syndrome — (LOKT in sin.drohm, drum) n. A rare medical state in which the patient s brain stem has been destroyed, resulting in complete paralysis from the neck down while still maintaining full consciousness and mental activity. Example Citation: Jean… … New words
perfect programmer syndrome — n. An arrogant belief in one s own infallibility. Example Citation: Recent computer graduates often exhibit symptoms of perfect programmer syndrome because they have spent the past few years receiving top marks for solving toy problems. Related… … New words
Diseases and Syndromes — allergy bullying andropause animal hoarding baby lag baggage malaria bigorexia BlackBerry thumb … New words
Sociology (General) — Sociology General acoustic privacy adorkable age heaping anticipointment antiskeptic banana problem behalfism … New words
