Noun: An article or sometimes but very rarely a video that exploits parental instincts in order to scare the parents out of granting their children access to something.
Example:
Person 1: Hey, did you get the new Call Of Duty game?
Person 2: No, my mom says that violent video games cause violence in real life.
Person 1: That's just a parent scare, it's not true.
Example:
Person 1: Hey, did you get the new Call Of Duty game?
Person 2: No, my mom says that violent video games cause violence in real life.
Person 1: That's just a parent scare, it's not true.
Example:
Person 1: Hey, did you get the new Call Of Duty game?
Person 2: No, my mom says that violent video games cause violence in real life.
Person 1: That's just a parent scare, it's not true.
Example:
Person 1: Hey, did you get the new Call Of Duty game?
Person 2: No, my mom says that violent video games cause violence in real life.
Person 1: That's just a parent scare, it's not true.
Person 1: Hey, did you get the new Call Of Duty game?
Person 2: No, my mom says that violent video games cause violence in real life.
Person 1: That's just a parent scare, it's not true.
Person 2: No, my mom says that violent video games cause violence in real life.
Person 1: That's just a parent scare, it's not true.
by Trerry November 27, 2014

by BearEggs November 21, 2018

by A_vale April 29, 2022

I thought I was gonna be a daddy so I had to get rid of my hot rod. Turns out it was just a seedling scare.
by Wheresmyfrap March 24, 2016

someone who loves to hear scary things(ghost stories, etc.)
but they get really scared and can't go anywhere by them selves.
but they get really scared and can't go anywhere by them selves.
Janet is with her friends and they are telling scary stories.
Friend: "the ghost scratches her face and then throws her to the ground."
Janet: "I really have to go pee but I'm such a scare aholic that I can't go with out anyone."
Friend: "the ghost scratches her face and then throws her to the ground."
Janet: "I really have to go pee but I'm such a scare aholic that I can't go with out anyone."
by gman710 April 27, 2010

When a person is surprised or scared by first having romantic feelings for a member of the same sex.
by Coleslaw Productions January 25, 2016

A stat that is potentially mis-leading, used with the intention of playing off of fear-based emotional reactions (pathos), used to support an idea. This idea, requiring deceptive support, is likely flawed. A scare stat has hidden truth (or is a twisted version of truth) which the author of the scare stat hopes you will overlook, as most people do.
"In the five years after alcohol sales were expanded, the number of drinking and driving related deaths in Calloway County more than doubled compared to the five years before.
In the five years after alcohol sales were expanded, Calloway County experienced 34% more alcohol-related arrests on average compared to the five years before.
In the five years after alcohol sales were expanded, Calloway County experienced 60% more total criminal arrests on average compared to the five years before."
-source of these scare stats: keepitoutofmurray.com/statistics.html
In the five years after alcohol sales were expanded, Calloway County experienced 34% more alcohol-related arrests on average compared to the five years before.
In the five years after alcohol sales were expanded, Calloway County experienced 60% more total criminal arrests on average compared to the five years before."
-source of these scare stats: keepitoutofmurray.com/statistics.html
by FreedomFighter2011 September 11, 2011
