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crabs-in-a-barrel

A syndrome where a group of like situated people hurt those in their community attempting to get ahead.

Often this is applied to people in an impoverished community where one person is starting to get ahead. The collective community becomes jealous or filled with a sense of self-loathing, so they find a way to pull that person back down to the community's level.
When harvesting crab, the crab as a group will pull down any crab that starts to climb out of the barrel in an attempt to be the first out of the barrel that holds them in, hence crabs-in-a-barrel.
by Sole Admiral December 30, 2009
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hey, sponge bob! where's my crabby patty?
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Lobsters have experienced crabification.
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when a handjob is administered with only two fingers -- the thumb and the pointer, like a crab's claw.
behnam: how was your first date?
andy: well i didn't score, but she did give me a sweet crabjob!
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