irritable Powell syndrome

(n) a rare but serious effect, most noted by journalist Tucker Carlson, wherein Sidney Powell gives you earful in reaction to numerous interview requests.

Interview requests that ask you to talk, on air, about highly consequential, ongoing litigation

Etymology: cf. Sidney Powell; a federal attorney, best known for her defense of Michael Flynn and for having brass balls bigger than most men in Washington DC

Maria Bartiromo from CNBC knows how to get an interview without causing irritable Powell syndrome // she's also rather hot

by Content-ment411 December 21, 2020

Irritate Urrutate Taratate

A person who constantly complains about others, who frequently repeats the word "irritate", and becomes annoyed at trivial or insignificant matters.

It's hard to have a peaceful conversation with her because she always ends up acting like an Irritate Urrutate Taratate, nitpicking every word I say.

Stop being such an Irritate Urrutate Taratate ; not everything in life is meant to annoy you

by a-cake November 21, 2024

Irrits

Having the 'irrits' is being very irritable (likely to snap at the next person who speaks to you!)

Australian, colloquial

'That bloke really gives me the irrits.'

by wordwizard80 August 16, 2025