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Literally, inability to remain motionless. A side effect of certain psychiatric drugs that can be a mild sense of disquiet or anxiety (which may be easily overlooked) to a total inability to sit still, accompanied by overwhelming anxiety, malaise, and severe dysphoria (manifesting as an almost indescribable sense of terror and doom). - wikipedia
Often accompanied by dyskinesia, or tremor.

Contrary to the other definition, it IS treatable.
I had akathisia BAD for a little while, it totally sucks. But it was all a matter of adjusting to my meds and working through the pain. Distract yourself, supplements such as vitamin B6 and vitamin E are effective as are pharmaceuticals including benzodiazapines and the antihistamine cyproheptadine. Talk to your psychiatrist if you get it, the solution could be as simple as lowering your dose or adding treatment.
akathisia by rad ham June 1, 2009
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1. A condition that is often times caused by neuroleptic drugs with symptoms including agitation, intense restlessness and a kind of detached physical pain that can be torturous.

2. A hell which is rarely visited and rarely escaped.
He was finally diagnosed with akathisia. Explaining the illness to a man next to me I simply said, "Another life destroyed in an unknown land."

I walked to nowhere, never looking back.
akathisia by Phoenix Vindicare September 11, 2008
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the worst suffering one can experience. period.
i would rather be doused in fucking gasoline and burned to death than to experience akathisia for another second
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Agathusia 

Committing suicide for altruistic reasons. A viable solution to overpopulation and global warming. An idea found in "Logan's Run" where everyone committed suicide at the age of 30 to prevent overcrowding and to preserve resources.
"If the U.S. tax incentivized agathusia, the sudden drop in the population could revitalize the economy and lower our carbon footprint."
Agathusia by yngjzsszn February 7, 2020

anathasia 

The kindest girl who always places others before her first. A genuine and laid-back girl. Definitely a smart and faithful girl too.
She is definitely another anathasia
anathasia by Pisangpudding November 23, 2021

Stealthie 

when you're holding up your phone and making faces at it, as though you are taking a selfie, but you're really taking a picture of the person across from you or the wall or anything else that seems interesting but you don't want to be caught dead taking a picture of.

This action is often made more convincing by wiggling the eyebrows or opening the mouth, to pretend you're trying to get a Snapchat filter to work.
FRIEND A: "Did you just take a stealthie of me?"

FRIEND B (turning phone around): "no I was just using snapchat's new filter, see?"
Stealthie by gwenhyfar October 2, 2016
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Summer Teeth 

When someone has a lot of missing teeth.
Mannn, that dude has summer teeth!
What do you mean?
Summer here, summer there...
Summer Teeth by BeckPot August 2, 2012
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