When sitting anywhere but a car especially with your cellphone on silent. Every slight bump and jolt seems like it is vibrating. This is especially traumatic when you actually are waiting for some important call.
Dude 1: What the hell is that guy doing?
Dude 2: The one with torn clothes and wild eyes?
Dude 1: Yeah, he's pulling his cell from his pocket every twenty seconds.
Dude 2: Oh, that's just phone paranoia.
Dude 2: The one with torn clothes and wild eyes?
Dude 1: Yeah, he's pulling his cell from his pocket every twenty seconds.
Dude 2: Oh, that's just phone paranoia.
by TheManicChipmunk August 11, 2012
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My mom walked into my room the instant I closed Internet Explorer. I was only closing my Steam account, but I bet she thought I was browsing porn. It's probably just my Tab Paranoia.
by Gohound October 10, 2012
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the state of being convinced communication services are down/blocked- especially if caused by none of your contacts seemingly ever being online.
"I haven't seen any of my contacts all week, even my inbox doesn't have any spam! I don't think this new software's working properly."
"Don't worry, the software's fine. It's just connection paranoia."
"Don't worry, the software's fine. It's just connection paranoia."
by Johny Nomates January 3, 2014
Get the connection paranoia mug.Compulsory design behaviour, in which a designer is stuck in the act of adjusting of adjusting the size or position of an object on a pixel-sized level.
Oh jeez, look at Steve, he's been fiddling at the position of that button for 52 hours now. I think he is stuck in pixel paranoia.
by AbsoluteFuckingWaffle February 20, 2019
Get the pixel paranoia mug.Gamer Paranoia is a condition that occurs due to gaming behind one's parents back. Not limited to gaming, most activities on a computer done on a computer while watching for authority figures can cause it. Symptoms include constant glancing at the door, and heightened auditory perception. Treatment is usually done by removing the patient from the environment causing the condition.
by 322997am May 10, 2020
Get the Gamer Paranoia mug.Synonymous with "Disciple of Vapour", taken to the next level of being almost 30 years old. Being a 'Father Paranoia' is basically shedding your quarter life crisis for your mid-life crisis.
Friend 1:"I use to be 'Disciple of Vapour'...but that name sucks, I'm gonna be 'Father Paranoia' now."
Friend 2:"When are you going to be comfortable with your identity?"
Friend 2:"When are you going to be comfortable with your identity?"
by The Real Dillon November 1, 2022
Get the Father Paranoia mug.The belief that everyone and everything related to sex or sexual urges that makes people uncomfortable is pedophilia. A moral panic similar to satanic panic and the red scare.
"Wow, did you hear Jack is dating Lily? She's only 21! He's a pedo!"
"I think that's just pedo paranoia talking."
"I think that's just pedo paranoia talking."
by lordathe November 12, 2022
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