The stress that results before (pre)-during-and-after (post) a vacation.
A vacation is actually simply the continuance of one's regular daily life under more difficult circumstances.
A vacation is actually simply the continuance of one's regular daily life under more difficult circumstances.
"Yes, I have VSD -- Vacation Stress Disorder. I would actually rather be at the dentist's"
"I start shaking in fear when I think of my wife's plans for our next vacation...add to that a nervous cough, stuffed nose, headache, asthma, joint pain...wasn't this holday supposed to be good for me? Yes, this is VSD -- Vacation Stress Disorder."
"I start shaking in fear when I think of my wife's plans for our next vacation...add to that a nervous cough, stuffed nose, headache, asthma, joint pain...wasn't this holday supposed to be good for me? Yes, this is VSD -- Vacation Stress Disorder."
by Pen-Dragon October 02, 2023
Get the Vacation Stress Disorder mug.timmer-temmer (adjective) : A behavior combining timorousness and temerity. (timorous-temerous), courage and desire combined with fear. Often seen in wild park animals used to human contact—approach and retreat. Other examples, monkeys approaching humans, small shy children wanting to take something from an adult or another child, even fish being fed by scuba divers.
by Pen-Dragon August 14, 2009
Get the timmer-temmer mug.Egopathy is more socially acceptable than psychopathy, as self-interest is encouraged and praised in countries where liberal capitalism is the central economic system...but it is certainly not limited only to these types of systems.
It is a general condition of human beings.
On the "pure-self-interest --group-solidarity/altruism" scale Egopaths skew strongly to egocentrism and self-interest;
I didn't think that the DSM definition of Narcissistic Personality Disorders quite fits the bill and this apparently widespread phenomenon needed a new category: definitely under the DSM Cluster B Group (Anitsocial-Borderline-Histrionic-Narcissistic), but with a more social-/group-mentality component to it.
The term "egopath" popped into my head one morning, but discovered it already had a definition.
There is in my definition the whole aspect of wanting to control and defend, however one has defined it, one's "integrity" -- bodily, cognitive, spiritual, destiny related -- against forces encroaching on, pushing for this integrity's demise, disintegration.
We are all on this continuum, but egopaths tend to be more cowardly, fearful, self-interested and self-preserving.
N.B. Egopathy seems to be a) widespread and b) quite socially acceptable in many countries.
For example, in German-speaking Switzerland, they say, "Geiz ist Geil!".
Translated: "Greediness is Great/Cool!"
It is a general condition of human beings.
On the "pure-self-interest --group-solidarity/altruism" scale Egopaths skew strongly to egocentrism and self-interest;
I didn't think that the DSM definition of Narcissistic Personality Disorders quite fits the bill and this apparently widespread phenomenon needed a new category: definitely under the DSM Cluster B Group (Anitsocial-Borderline-Histrionic-Narcissistic), but with a more social-/group-mentality component to it.
The term "egopath" popped into my head one morning, but discovered it already had a definition.
There is in my definition the whole aspect of wanting to control and defend, however one has defined it, one's "integrity" -- bodily, cognitive, spiritual, destiny related -- against forces encroaching on, pushing for this integrity's demise, disintegration.
We are all on this continuum, but egopaths tend to be more cowardly, fearful, self-interested and self-preserving.
N.B. Egopathy seems to be a) widespread and b) quite socially acceptable in many countries.
For example, in German-speaking Switzerland, they say, "Geiz ist Geil!".
Translated: "Greediness is Great/Cool!"
1) During the Covid pandemic, my best-friend turned out to be a total egopath, not wanting to even visit us despite our double-vaccination and social-distancing, for fear of her getting it herself or somehow losing her sense of smell.
2) They were such egopaths during the pandemic that they flew to a vacation in Croatia by plane, but then drove back in a mini-bus accross the Italian border to avoid the stringencies of the controls at their home airport.
2) They were such egopaths during the pandemic that they flew to a vacation in Croatia by plane, but then drove back in a mini-bus accross the Italian border to avoid the stringencies of the controls at their home airport.
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Get the Egopath mug.Someone who is versed in all sorts of different conspiracy theories, from all over the world, even in different languages...and who spews them gladly and constantly.
"His high-school knowledge of French combined with his ravenous appetite for arcane, unprovable, specious knowledge made him a gollyplot par excellence! He spread the 'secret' of Emmanuel Macron's lascivious habit of dressing up as the Empress Joséphine far-and-wide on the social media platforms, under his nom-de-plume: Pendraggin. "
by Pen-Dragon August 20, 2023
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Could also be someone who stomps on or crushes by hand....well, cereals!
Hates the sugar and sickening-sweet glazey stuff on them.
Could also be someone who stomps on or crushes by hand....well, cereals!
Hates the sugar and sickening-sweet glazey stuff on them.
"Hey, why you no like cereals so mucha you wanna killah dem? A cereal killer, huh?"
When Sandy saw the percentage of corn syrup additive in her children's Lucky Goo Smacks, she almost lost her cookies, but then her rage made her empty the box on the floor, and she stomped the nuggets into a noxious powder!
She had become a "Cereal Killer"!!!
When Sandy saw the percentage of corn syrup additive in her children's Lucky Goo Smacks, she almost lost her cookies, but then her rage made her empty the box on the floor, and she stomped the nuggets into a noxious powder!
She had become a "Cereal Killer"!!!
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(noun, plural)
/ˈfu l kɪŋ dʒæk-hoʊlz/
Definition:
A pompous group of delusional men (and their enabler ladies) (usually in positions of power or self-appointed importance) who strut around with the self-assurance of kings, demagogues, dictators, with the wisdom of fools, and the moral depth of a mud puddle. Often loud, self-congratulatory, and totally unaware that everyone sees through their act.
Think: a mash-up of a court jester, a reality-TV strongman, and the guy at the office who thinks he's a visionary because he read one leadership book in 2009.
Examples:
🗣️ "After the board meeting, it was clear the entire executive team were just a bunch of Fool-King Jack-Holes."
🗣️ "You give a microphone to a Fool-King Jack-Hole and suddenly he thinks he's Churchill with a TikTok."
🗣️ "They stormed in like medieval tyrants but ran the whole thing like a Ren Faire gone wrong. Total Fool-King Jack-Holes."
Related Terms:
Jackassery, Ego Parade, Court of Clowns, Dunning-Kruger Klub, Pretend-o-crats
(noun, plural)
/ˈfu l kɪŋ dʒæk-hoʊlz/
Definition:
A pompous group of delusional men (and their enabler ladies) (usually in positions of power or self-appointed importance) who strut around with the self-assurance of kings, demagogues, dictators, with the wisdom of fools, and the moral depth of a mud puddle. Often loud, self-congratulatory, and totally unaware that everyone sees through their act.
Think: a mash-up of a court jester, a reality-TV strongman, and the guy at the office who thinks he's a visionary because he read one leadership book in 2009.
Examples:
🗣️ "After the board meeting, it was clear the entire executive team were just a bunch of Fool-King Jack-Holes."
🗣️ "You give a microphone to a Fool-King Jack-Hole and suddenly he thinks he's Churchill with a TikTok."
🗣️ "They stormed in like medieval tyrants but ran the whole thing like a Ren Faire gone wrong. Total Fool-King Jack-Holes."
Related Terms:
Jackassery, Ego Parade, Court of Clowns, Dunning-Kruger Klub, Pretend-o-crats
🗣️ "After the board meeting, it was clear the entire executive team were just a bunch of Fool-King JackHoles."
🗣️ "You give a microphone to a Fool-King JackHole and suddenly he thinks he's Churchill with a TikTok."
🗣️ "They stormed in like medieval tyrants but ran the whole thing like a Ren Faire gone wrong. Total Fool-King JackHoles."
🗣️ "You give a microphone to a Fool-King JackHole and suddenly he thinks he's Churchill with a TikTok."
🗣️ "They stormed in like medieval tyrants but ran the whole thing like a Ren Faire gone wrong. Total Fool-King JackHoles."
by Pen-Dragon June 21, 2025
Get the Fool-King Jackholes mug.Yolo Holo: You Only Live Once Empty-Headed (A** Holes) Drinking Folks -- Men and Women, Boys and Girls.
Yolo Hohlo: Same as above except for the fact that "Hohlo" comes from the German word "hohl" which can mean simply, "empty", but is also used to mean "empty-headed, unconsidered, stupid"
Like the fascist-light buds/peeps at places like soccer games, frat parties, Oktoberfests, Spring Break Sauffesten, Ballermann, Rammstein.
Yolo Hohlo: Same as above except for the fact that "Hohlo" comes from the German word "hohl" which can mean simply, "empty", but is also used to mean "empty-headed, unconsidered, stupid"
Like the fascist-light buds/peeps at places like soccer games, frat parties, Oktoberfests, Spring Break Sauffesten, Ballermann, Rammstein.
-- That new Swiss Boy-Band Family "Stubete Gäng" makes great music for the Helvetic Yolo Holos -- (Yolo Holo -- Yolo Hohlo (German Variant) )
-- Spring Break in Cancun -- the Hajj for rich Yolo Holos.
-- Spring Break in Cancun -- the Hajj for rich Yolo Holos.
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