An excuse for just about anything, basically means "I can do it, but not now".
Ideally to be in recovery mode means that one can't perform an action because they have already done it recently and are still "recovering" from it. Thought to be derived from the term people sometimes use to describe their state after an intense workout when they are supposedly weaker from straining themselves and can justify dismissing a challenge. Because "recovery mode" allows someone to excuse themselves from doing something and make it seem like this was because they do it so much, it is often used by egotistical smartasses and cocky jocks. However it can also be used in a completely irrelevant way, often to great comedic effect.
Ideally to be in recovery mode means that one can't perform an action because they have already done it recently and are still "recovering" from it. Thought to be derived from the term people sometimes use to describe their state after an intense workout when they are supposedly weaker from straining themselves and can justify dismissing a challenge. Because "recovery mode" allows someone to excuse themselves from doing something and make it seem like this was because they do it so much, it is often used by egotistical smartasses and cocky jocks. However it can also be used in a completely irrelevant way, often to great comedic effect.
EXAMPLE 1:
guy1: "...no way you go to the gym. Look at you, so pinner!"
guy2: "If you think you're so strong, why don't we arm wrestle right now!"
guy1: "Nah, I'm in recovery mode"
guy2: "Sure, ever since the last time when I won!"
EXAMPLE 2:
teacher: "Marco, why was your essay incomplete?"
student: "I was in recovery mode"
teacher: "oh..."
guy1: "...no way you go to the gym. Look at you, so pinner!"
guy2: "If you think you're so strong, why don't we arm wrestle right now!"
guy1: "Nah, I'm in recovery mode"
guy2: "Sure, ever since the last time when I won!"
EXAMPLE 2:
teacher: "Marco, why was your essay incomplete?"
student: "I was in recovery mode"
teacher: "oh..."
by akasun2012 February 28, 2012
Get the recovery modemug. The day in which after multiple nights of partying you take a day to rehydrate and prepare yourself for the next cluster of parties to come
by Party hard, rest harder July 6, 2011
Get the Recovery Daymug. "Eurozone Recovery": A fictitious belief akin to the second coming of Christ and forecasted to happen within minutes of each other.
by PipTrapper September 26, 2013
Get the eurozone recoverymug. by Forgottenson1878 December 5, 2019
Get the recovery girlmug. The first party we went to was super douchey but we staged a Mexican recovery and found a much better one soon afterwards.
by panopticonopolis March 27, 2015
Get the Mexican recoverymug. People in recovery from drugs/alcohol that make a huge show about their committment to AA and "The Big Book" that you will meet in rehab centers. They speak grandiosly while throwing around words like 'humble' preformatively. They're often the first ones to drop out of rehab first because they're actually judgmental egoists who don't actually change their behavior or ways but they portray themselves as role-models and constantly spout things like "Meeting makers make it!" and other recovery/AA cliches.
by Chellox March 13, 2021
Get the Captain Recoverymug. After taking a big poo, you find yourself unable or find it uncomfortable to perform simple tasks e.g. walking, sitting, running, moving of any kind.
It usually goes away with time but to speed things up you must stand up straight and then relax your anus muscles and you will exit recovery mode.
It usually goes away with time but to speed things up you must stand up straight and then relax your anus muscles and you will exit recovery mode.
by oscarferswaggy May 12, 2014
Get the Recovery Modemug.