A common ailment among performers, resulting in the belief that depth of feeling is best conveyed, not by a heartfelt and realistic delivery, but by as much arm waving, melodramatic movement, dewey-eyed smiling, and feigned ingenue-ity as one can muster, irrespective of song content.
So named for its commonality within female singers of the highest vocal range, though this syndrome is known to present quite commonly among divas of any gender and/or vocal range. However, the following correlation is clearly present: the higher one's vocal range in comparison to the average of one's gender, the more likely one is to exhibit symptoms of the aforementioned kind.
So named for its commonality within female singers of the highest vocal range, though this syndrome is known to present quite commonly among divas of any gender and/or vocal range. However, the following correlation is clearly present: the higher one's vocal range in comparison to the average of one's gender, the more likely one is to exhibit symptoms of the aforementioned kind.
"The girl playing Desdemona was smiling winningly at the audience while her character was supposed to be in tears. I think she had a bad case of Soprano Syndrome."
by Sam Thorn November 28, 2011
Get the Soprano Syndromemug. aka Multi-Sensory Sensitivity,
= chronic syndrome characterized by hyper- and/or hypo sensitivity affecting at least 4 of the 5 primary senses (smell, vision, hearing, taste and touch) and 4 of the 5 secondary senses (balance/movement, physical pain, emotional stress, temperature, and electromagnetic fields).
Caused exclusively by chronic carbon monoxide poisoning, although commonly not recognized. Misdiagnosed in 19th century as neurasthenia and hysteria and in the 20th century as chronic fatigue syndrome, fibromyalgia and multiple chemical sensitivity.
= chronic syndrome characterized by hyper- and/or hypo sensitivity affecting at least 4 of the 5 primary senses (smell, vision, hearing, taste and touch) and 4 of the 5 secondary senses (balance/movement, physical pain, emotional stress, temperature, and electromagnetic fields).
Caused exclusively by chronic carbon monoxide poisoning, although commonly not recognized. Misdiagnosed in 19th century as neurasthenia and hysteria and in the 20th century as chronic fatigue syndrome, fibromyalgia and multiple chemical sensitivity.
In "Fall of the House of Usher," Poe describes a textbook case of MUSES syndrome in Roderick Usher, who
"suffered much from a morbid acuteness of the senses:
insipid food was alone endurable, he could wear only garments of certain texture, the odors of all flowers were oppressive, his eyes were tortured by even a faint light, and there were but peculiar sounds, and these from stringed instruments, which did not inspire him with horror."
"suffered much from a morbid acuteness of the senses:
insipid food was alone endurable, he could wear only garments of certain texture, the odors of all flowers were oppressive, his eyes were tortured by even a faint light, and there were but peculiar sounds, and these from stringed instruments, which did not inspire him with horror."
by HOHOHOCO November 19, 2010
Get the MUSES Syndromemug. When a person decides to tell a love interest that they like them and get rejected, they become so depressed that instead of gaining weight they lose it.
(In honor of this kid who lost so much weight because he got rejected).
(In honor of this kid who lost so much weight because he got rejected).
Pino: hey, have you noticed that Juan has lost a lot of weight?
Eddy: Oh, you didn't know? he suffered from Lance Syndrome. Some chick rejected him.
Eddy: Oh, you didn't know? he suffered from Lance Syndrome. Some chick rejected him.
by Eddykid February 24, 2009
Get the Lance Syndromemug. Stockholm Syndrome: What it is SAID you have, when you feel compasion for your captors, and the people who are making their lives miserable and are perhaps trying to kill them, don't like it.
"that man must have Stockholm Syndrome, he's standing in the way of the human rights protestor, that I want to beat with my truncheon"
by barticusthe5th December 2, 2009
Get the Stockholm Syndromemug. A non-curable syndrome were a person will without warning break into tears. This syndrome is passed by parents and is more common in women.
It is known as the cousin of tourettes syndrome
It is known as the cousin of tourettes syndrome
Guy: So how did you like the movie babe?
Girl: It was the sweetest movie ive ever seen! BOOOO-HOOO
Guy: Honey i think your tearettes syndrome is flaring up again.
Girl: It was the sweetest movie ive ever seen! BOOOO-HOOO
Guy: Honey i think your tearettes syndrome is flaring up again.
by Scat on me plz (on xbox) December 18, 2008
Get the Tearettes Syndromemug. The tragic misuse and over use of turrets in contemporary residential architecture, where a house inexplicably speaks a turret for no particular reason.
Not to be confused with Tourette syndrome.
Not to be confused with Tourette syndrome.
Did you see that awful house they are building down the street. It has a bad case of turret syndrome.
by tyler t tomdog September 10, 2009
Get the turret syndromemug. Unusual social disorder that plagues mostly damaged, homosexual males. In it, the affected individual falls madly in-love with his victim on the first date; spending much of the night looking starry-eyed into his face like a wounded puppy. Sappy texts follow the date such as "You're amazing" and "I had the best night ever!". The affected individual is clear in his intention that he's completely "ready" for a relationship and not a game player like the others. He begins using futuristic descriptors such as "when you're my boyfriend" and "when you start staying the night" and corny phraseology such as "I need to see you again for my own selfish purposes". This type of unusual activity lasts anywhere from 24 to 72 hours but usually not more then three days. During this period one or two additional dates may follow but interest for the victim wanes dramatically. The drop-off usually occurs when his victim displays such unsavory traits such as an unfiled fingernail or an eyebrow hair that has gone awry. Perhaps the victim makes mention that he refrains from eating steak or the horrifying revelation that he is simply a regular, nice guy and not some mythical "night in shining armor" figure the affected individual has fabricated in his own mind. Ultimately, the victim is simply blown-off by the affected individual within the three-day period never to be heard from again. Some victims (who buy into this behavior in any degree) are left with a sense of confusion, hurt, and anger.
"Hey Jack, how are things going with that guy you're dating"?
-"Oh man, the guy was a total freak. I really thought he was into me with all those lovey-dovey texts but he just blew me off after our second date. I have no idea what happened...he just did this 180 on me for no reason at all.
"Dang..I'm really sorry Jack. Sounds like a textbook case of that gay social disorder I read about. Islas Syndrome, right?"
-"Oh man, the guy was a total freak. I really thought he was into me with all those lovey-dovey texts but he just blew me off after our second date. I have no idea what happened...he just did this 180 on me for no reason at all.
"Dang..I'm really sorry Jack. Sounds like a textbook case of that gay social disorder I read about. Islas Syndrome, right?"
by OCFREAKALERT May 26, 2013
Get the ISLAS SYNDROMEmug.