Fear of the unknown, the unexpected, surprise, knowing you may be injured serverly and fearing you may not be killed outright!
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by "Duke"Webster November 9, 2003
If you hit a golfball and it tends to go towards a window on a golfcourse, then you might get a pucker factor of 5. If it really gets close to the window, you might get a pucker factor of 8..etc
by Curt Kowalski March 19, 2008
When an EMT or Paramedic arrives on scene of a call and the first impression of the patient is called the Pucker Factor. The Pucker can be visual as well as nasal. A person who has taken a dump in their pants can lead to a pucker factor, not only of the butt hole but of the nasal passages as well, depending upon whether the EMT or Paramedic is a green rookie or a seasoned veteran. The higher the pucker factor of the EMS providers on scene, the more urgent the need for rapid and immediate transport to a hospital. A partial amputation would have a pucker factor of a 5 or 6 whereas a complete amputation would have a pucker factor of a 7 or an 8.
EMT1: What was that call last night, I heard it go out but I was out of town?
EMT2: It was a victim of pretty serious fall at the construction site over on Third Street.
EMT1: Damn, how bad was it?
EMT2: The way he landed, he was all twisted up like a pretzel. It gave me a pucker factor of six right away.
EMT1: No shit, so what did you guys do?
EMT2: I called dispatch to get fly the bird right away.
EMT1: Wow, no shit. I wish I had been there.
EMT2: It was a victim of pretty serious fall at the construction site over on Third Street.
EMT1: Damn, how bad was it?
EMT2: The way he landed, he was all twisted up like a pretzel. It gave me a pucker factor of six right away.
EMT1: No shit, so what did you guys do?
EMT2: I called dispatch to get fly the bird right away.
EMT1: Wow, no shit. I wish I had been there.
by Jay Dog February 2, 2010
A semi-common phrase used to describe your butt (bobo) puckering up in an intense situation. The phrase is mostly used when referring to driving situations, but has been used in others.
"Dude! That Semi about flipped my car over!" "Woah man, that is a serious bobo pucker factor."
"I was coming down Sunset Hill at 50 miles per hour when my accelerator stuck! Serious bobo pucker factor, but I managed my way out of it."
"Your bobo is gonna pucker if you keep that up."
"I was coming down Sunset Hill at 50 miles per hour when my accelerator stuck! Serious bobo pucker factor, but I managed my way out of it."
"Your bobo is gonna pucker if you keep that up."
by TheSassinatorIndeed December 18, 2009
A major pucker factor is a critical problem that that everybody's ass so tight you couldn't slip in a sheet of paper sideways.
by Mora Hastits December 18, 2006
A term that one uses to describe, and to discreetly convey in public, their urgency and need to visit a toilet to take a crap. Number nine is always used as the guage to describe the tightness of the sphincter, which conveys that the person is right on the edge of crapping their pants.
by LuLu B. August 20, 2007