A Carolyn Bryant is a woman who seeks attention by having people punished excessively. Punishments are framed as defensive or corrective measures. A major component of being a Carolyn Bryant is exaggeration or feigning of danger and need of protective action, followed by directives which are more exploitative or aggressive than defensive.
The term comes from the 1955 murder of 14-year-old African American boy, Emmett Till, which occured at the behest of White, married Carolyn Bryant, who accused Till of flirting with her. Carolyn later admitted to distorting parts of her story regarding Till.
CB's are histrionically addicted to being lavished with sympathy and protective indignance. A CB's goal is to watch others needlessly over-defend her. She may repeatedly reinvigorate old, resolved conflicts or scower for reasons to punish people. CB behavior is sometimes called "waving the white handkerchief" and is a form of "duping delight." Even when a kernel of truth is involved in a CB's story, she usually ommits information, skews context, embelleshes, and always requests excessive abuse.
CB behavior can be envious sabotage, or for the excitement of watching others fuss excessively over her.
A CB might pose a legitimate complaint, but as a psychopathic narcissist, she acts on nonsensical and outlandishly inappropriate address of her concerns.
CB's seize on easy targets and evoke other sociopaths, often getting away with murder.
The term comes from the 1955 murder of 14-year-old African American boy, Emmett Till, which occured at the behest of White, married Carolyn Bryant, who accused Till of flirting with her. Carolyn later admitted to distorting parts of her story regarding Till.
CB's are histrionically addicted to being lavished with sympathy and protective indignance. A CB's goal is to watch others needlessly over-defend her. She may repeatedly reinvigorate old, resolved conflicts or scower for reasons to punish people. CB behavior is sometimes called "waving the white handkerchief" and is a form of "duping delight." Even when a kernel of truth is involved in a CB's story, she usually ommits information, skews context, embelleshes, and always requests excessive abuse.
CB behavior can be envious sabotage, or for the excitement of watching others fuss excessively over her.
A CB might pose a legitimate complaint, but as a psychopathic narcissist, she acts on nonsensical and outlandishly inappropriate address of her concerns.
CB's seize on easy targets and evoke other sociopaths, often getting away with murder.
My classmate asked me to slash someone's tires because he wouldn't date her. She's such a Carolyn Bryant.
My cousin is trying to have someone thrown in jail for an argument they had in 4th grade. What a Carolyn Bryant.
My cousin is trying to have someone thrown in jail for an argument they had in 4th grade. What a Carolyn Bryant.
by creepycrawler666 January 7, 2024
Get the Carolyn Bryant mug.A code word for heroin. It is often used on Tiktok to talk about the subject without getting a community guidelines violation, since the two words rhyme. It originated from a rap song that released in 2017 where the artist refers to his addiction as “meeting this bitch named Carolyn”. If someone says they know someone who got involved with “Carolyn” and don’t elaborate on an actual living person, it means the person in question is addicted to heroin and possibly other street drugs.
Friend 1: What happened to John? I haven’t heard from him in a while.
Friend 2: Oh, he met that bitch Carolyn and now he’s homeless.
Friend 2: Oh, he met that bitch Carolyn and now he’s homeless.
by bsb0492 March 9, 2024
Get the Carolyn mug.When you swore you’d have “just one drink” but end up blacked out, making reckless decisions, and blaming it all on the peer pressure of a chaotic friend named Carolyn. Usually involves shots you didn’t want, bad ideas you didn’t plan, and waking up with stories you can’t explain.
“I was supposed to go home after dinner, but then Carolyn handed me tequila… yeah, I got Carolyn’d.”
“Don’t trust her smile—people get Carolyn’d every weekend.”
“He didn’t plan to sing karaoke in a stranger’s shirt. He just got Carolyn’d.”
Carolyn: “I Carolyn’d three people last night—they’re still trying to piece together what city they’re in.”
“Don’t trust her smile—people get Carolyn’d every weekend.”
“He didn’t plan to sing karaoke in a stranger’s shirt. He just got Carolyn’d.”
Carolyn: “I Carolyn’d three people last night—they’re still trying to piece together what city they’re in.”
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Get the Gia & Carolyn mug.A true Carolyn is when a girl calls you gay, but is the only one who has kissed her own gender in the friend group, she also likes to make jokes about you but when you make one back she’ll complain and threaten to not tell you anything, finally she’ll get all up in peoples business and start to make it hers and get mad at people when she had no right to. She’ll make a truce to be nice, then break it, but doesn't say anything until you “break it” and god forbid you mention her failing to make class office.
“Oh she's just made fun of me but now complaining because I did it back, that True Carolyn”
“She didn't make class office, so True Carolyn”
“She got mad at my friend for becoming friends with her friends, super True Carolyn”
“She didn't make class office, so True Carolyn”
“She got mad at my friend for becoming friends with her friends, super True Carolyn”
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