When you set me up on that blind date, you should have told me she had the Ugly Duckling Syndrome, you scared me when you told me she had a good personality.
by Hyland February 2, 2004
When a person -particularly of the female persuasion- feels the need to post excessive pictures of them self with their lips pushed out in "duck face" and more-often-than-not with copious amounts of cleavage, on the internet.
Girl 1: "Did you see Janie's new profile picture?"
Girl 2: "Yea, it looks just like the rest of them. She has a serious case of Slutty Duckling Syndrome."
Girl 2: "Yea, it looks just like the rest of them. She has a serious case of Slutty Duckling Syndrome."
by MeleeLee August 8, 2012
A duckling syndrome is when a person becomes very close with the first ever thing they stumble upon in a specific subject, similar to how young ducklings recognize the first being they encounter as their mother. Often times the loyalty for the very first thing that they've found in the industry gets so strong that they simply reject much better alternatives that they only happen to find out about later. This condition is mainly attributed to one's inability in growth and analysis.
Steve has a duckling syndrome. Despite better alternatives existing out there, he still prefers using that outdated Google search engine even though it actively sells his sensitive information to some shady advertisers, has biased results, has crapton of ads disguised as search results, and omits half of the words in your search term (often the most crucial and defining ones, annoyingly shoving "must include that word" button right down your throat!!!). Steve should finally dump that dumpster fire of a search engine and move on.
by Daffy_Duck42069 March 10, 2021