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Plainview Moment

A "Plainview moment" is an acute and fleeting sensation of estrangement from one's community characterized by feelings of alienation and contempt for all people. Typically this phenomenon is triggered by profound disappointment with unmet expectations. An individual experiencing a Plainview moment may appear inexplicably frustrated or enraged. The Plainview moment is temporary, lasting as briefly as a few minutes or until the source of the frustration has been removed, but the intensity of the emotions experienced during these episodes can make stricken individuals extremely unpleasant or even dangerous to be around.

Named for Daniel Plainview, the fictional self-made oil tycoon and misanthropic main character played by Daniel Day-Lewis in "There Will Be Blood."
"I experienced a Plainview moment today when I went to the hardware store to purchase some lumber, and after one incompetent employee erroneously claimed they didn't carry the materials I needed, a second incompetent employee sent me to the wrong part of the warehouse to pick the materials up."
by IP Frehley February 1, 2010
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noob moment

To have a particular moment in time where you go blank and are very amateur at a certain thing.
I was trying to figure out 2 x 2 when I had a noob moment and could not figure out the answer.
by EnragedTadpole May 6, 2009
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AI moment

When the AI manages to succeed at something very improbable. These successes always seem to happen more to the AI than the player
"Damn, they managed to get the 7% roll? That never happens to me! What an AI moment!"
by Agemo July 30, 2021
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A Dan moment

A Dan moment is when you do something incredibly dumb and it causes you to be the center of harsh jokes that never end.
"I think my leg just shrank!"
"Thats a Dan moment."
by YetiTrolling October 6, 2012
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Pi Moment

When the public announcement of the proof of a famous unsolved problem on π turned out to be short-lived, because the result was later found to contain grave errors.
Mathematicians worldwide were excited to hear that the number (π + e) has been proved to be transcendental (i.e., its value can’t be the root of an algebraic equation with rational coefficients), but the news was nothing but a pi moment.
by MathPlus March 22, 2021
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Pip moment

"I'll always there for you."
^Pip moment
by stupid degenerate November 1, 2020
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nothing moment

time spent with friends or family, where you aren't doing anything important, but just enjoying the moment and making memories
laughing with friends, watching a favorite movie over and over,
A nothing moment is time spent doing nothing enjoying family and or friends making lasting memories
by theeroyallue November 22, 2007
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