Verbal Whiplash

When someone calls your name, and you turn your head rapidly to respond, but they were actually talking to someone else.

VERBAL WHIPLASH: Say your name is "Gaylord". You're walking down the street and you hear someone say "Gaylord". You react as though they are talking to you, but they are actually talking to their friend, Gaylord.

by invicta9110 July 7, 2011

shower whiplash

The shock you feel when you mistakenly turn the shower temperature down, causing you to immediately whip the handle too far in the opposite direction, thus freezing you to a popsicle and then boiling you alive in the matter of a split second.

That shower whiplash had me streaking through the house... Now I have to explain things to my mother.

by ThrillingHeroics December 7, 2017

Whiplash

An eighteen-minute short film that follows the journey of an ambitious music student and an aspiring jazz drummer, capturing their intense relationship. This short film's success leads to it being expanded into a 108-minute feature film, exploring themes of ambition, discipline, and the pursuit of excellence in music.

After watching the short film Whiplash, I was blown away by how it perfectly captured the struggle of an aspiring drummer, and I couldn’t believe it got turned into a full-length feature.

by Emotional Cruiser August 8, 2025

Whiplash Playlist

A playlist where all of the listener's songs are placed in, regardless of mood, energy, or vibe, resulting in intense mood switches between songs, aka whiplash.

"I don't think about where my songs go, I've got a single whiplash playlist for all of them."

by DARUU August 20, 2023

cultural whiplash

When you're watching something on television and there is an abrupt genre change.

I was watching tv and the same channel went from 700 Club to Paul Blart, Mall cop. Talk about your "cultural whiplash"!

by Hal 10000 March 11, 2019

streamer whiplash

Moving from a very negative and depressing stream to an extremely positive and happy stream, or vice versa. This usually occurs when moving between casual streams and serious roleplay streams (due to raiding or hosting after a stream).

I got major streamer whiplash after crying in Ranboo's lore stream and raiding KarlJacob's comedic JackBox Party Pack stream.

by NghtShadess March 6, 2021

Whiplashed

The coke equivalent of being high.

Person 1: Yo, what's up with Tim and his air drums?
Person 2: Oh, he's just whiplashed out of his mind

by Jacobo Graneros July 4, 2018