Transhuman Dread

Transhuman dread feels like a paralyzing, overwhelming fear that causes a person's mind and body to freeze. It's the visceral reaction to witnessing something that appears both human and impossible, like a being that is unnaturally large, fast, and powerful moving with the speed of a predator. This fear can be so intense that it leads to a loss of motor control, such as freezing in place or involuntary loss of bladder and bowel control.

"Transhuman dread. Aximand had heard iterators talk of the condition. He’d heard descriptions of it from regular Army officers too. The sight of an Adeptus Astartes was one thing: taller and broader than a man could ever be, armoured like a demigod. The singularity of purpose was self-evident. An Adeptus Astartes was designed to fight and kill anything that didn’t annihilate it first. If you saw an Adeptus Astartes, you knew you were in trouble. The appearance alone cowed you with fear."

by Blyceemus Gigagantorus November 16, 2025

dread skeeter

Oral inhalation with action akin to a mosquito bite, optionally with tongue, of a dreadlock by a fascinated and/or jealous caucasian.

Some dread skeeter skank-handled my sister-in-law's hair like a popsicle, she was pretty skeeved out by it.

by Chickaboomking December 26, 2009

Dollop of Dread

Think ‘stage fright’. A dollop of dread is anything that makes you feel an acceptable, or sometimes expected, sensation of anxiety or tension, but usually not enough to persuade you away from whatever caused it.

I had a real dollop of dread before that last test we had to take, but I think I did alright.

by Spirit-Chickadee December 5, 2010

Day of The Dread

March 18th is the day of the dread (dreadheads) celebrate with family members of your dreadhead birthday!

"Oh mi amor, it's The Day of the Dread"

by WackaboyJC March 18, 2024

accidentally dreadful

a situation that down right blows ass; but not intentionally

Heather: I swatted a spider and it landed on my baby's face.

Kayla: Oh, My God - that's accidentally dreadful!

by smorava July 30, 2008

Panera Dread

The sick-to-your-stomach feeling you get when your friend loves Panera bread's trashy food and wants to go there all the time for EVERY meal.

Dude I don't want to go to Panera again! I get Panera dread every time you say that shit. It's overly expensive hospital food produced by another mindless corporation.

by Watchinfool September 8, 2025

ahh dreads

A term for someone who’s dreads look like something else instead of being a dread and being joked about, this started in TikTok like everything, and the saying is in quotation marks to mock them

Person 1: “your dreads if you scroll” ahh dreads💀

by An illegal beaner🌮 March 22, 2024