To respond by losing one's sense of perspective and becoming agitated in the extreme.

Possibly borrowed from meteorology. A cellular storm "goes linear" when it turns into more of a squall line (or merges with an existing storm) -- i.e., that it's going to turn into a big black line of death. (from stormtrack.org).

I have a sense that there should also be a nuclear physics metaphor, but I don't know it.
My boss went linear when I showed him my expense report.
by jfkelley October 12, 2009
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A racist whore who writes for the Globe and Mail. Hates Newfoundlanders, and probably other races/groupes of people. She should die a horrible, painful death.
"I'm gonna fuck her and all of her fish-eatin lesbian friends in front of their mothers. Then I'll kill her."
by The Godfather January 8, 2005
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To shamefully fall over in an embarrassing fashion whilst sprinting to glory.
Stefan never got his bus, he went for a burton instead.
by Pobol Pobotrol March 16, 2007
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The use of elevated language or phrases, especially when employing literature, to conceal the extent of an insult.
Professor Sutherlin went Shakespeare on us today in class when he said, "More of your conversation would infect my brain.” He insults certain students and they don't even know it!
by Dr Piggapuss July 27, 2023
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To use the phrase 'went to kansas' is an analogy for suicide, the phrase is derived from a tumblr post by user cartographerswithoutborders
"what ever happened to laila?" "..dude, didn't you hear? she went to kansas"

"istg if my teacher doesn't hop off i'm gonna go to kansas"
by junobane May 16, 2020
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a phrase used by roadmen like biq shaq to describe the noise or how something happened
you so blud the ting went noice
by your mum gay lol November 2, 2017
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When a person gets so drunk that he/she needs a subtitles in order to understand what he/she is saying.
-So, how was yesterday?
-Oh, Nick went into subtitles again after downing that dirty pint.
by lemyd June 8, 2012
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