prisoner of the moment

1) Someone who thinks recent results will lead to the same results in the long term.
2) Someone who is focusing on something that just happened rather than the big picture.

3) Someone who's focus is narrow, focusing on the short term rather than the long term.
4) Often used as another term for "Recency bias".

Billy complained that his favorite sports team's season was over after they lost a game several weeks ago, but he was just a prisoner of the moment because they actually ended up winning the Championship.

by Revel8 October 8, 2018

stendhal moment

a moment of sheer awe, of brilliance. often induced by being overwhelmed upon setting sights on a piece of art.

when i entered the gallery yappin' away with my friends, i stopped dead in my tracks. the show was incredible, and the first piece to greet me upon entry was the most exquisite sight i'd ever seen. my chest tightened and solar plexus sucked in, my heart ached. it was definitely a stendhal moment.

by knalani September 14, 2006

bruh moment

An urban expression which describes an embarrassing event or compromising situation. A speaker uses "Bruh!" to punctuate his disappointment and/or disgust at the specific event or situation. It's the inner-city equivalent to "Omfg!" (teenaged girls), "Seriously?!" (gay men), "Holy shit, bro!" (white boys), or the ghetto's own "SMDH."

(Bruh Moment: Marquise finds Darnell passed out next to a toilet, having thrown up and shitted all over himself.
MARQUISE: Bruh!

(Bruh Moment: Tyrone misses a wide-open layup.)
AUDIENCE MEMBER: Bruh!

(Bruh Moment: Little homey enters the room sporting wack-ass haircut.)
MAN 1: Bruh! Who da fuck cut yo damn hair?!

(Bruh Moment: Thot enters Jerome's house, looking about 200 lbs heavier than she does on her Instagram pictures.)
JEROME: Bruh!

JUDGE: Mr. Farmer, the court sentences you to 7 years for felonious assault.

TONY FARMER: Bruh! *faints*

by Rainer Rose June 14, 2014

fifa moment

when playing any FIFA game and something out of complete logic happens, or when the players in the game dont respond.

Example 1
player 1:"WTF!?!?!?!"
player 2:"What!!"
player 1:"i scored with fernando torres!"
player 2:"damn, FIFA moment"

Example 2
player:"YES PENALTY!!!!!"
martin tyler:"and itll be a corner"
player:"WTF!!!!"

by Sip Bladder October 8, 2011

Sputnik Moment

A term popularized (although not coined, as many think) after being used by President Barack Obama in his 2011 State of the Union Address. It refers to a moment of challenge when a country (or person) realizes they must work harder to surpass their competitor. Caught on like wildfire that same night as Twitter users & others found the phrase catalyzed adolescent-like paroxysms of merriment for no absolutely discernible reason other than joyful immaturity.

Greg had his Sputnik Moment when he realized he was the same age as the dude who founded Facebook.

Jim: Dude, I just had my Sputnik Moment about Jenny.
Josh: What was it dude?
Jim: I caught her in a Sputnik Moment with Niles.

by PsiChic January 28, 2011

Pechy moment

when you mess up in a video game. By even the smallest degree.

Guy1: why did you just run in there without a gun

Guy2: I thought it would work
Guy1: Nah man that's just a Pechy moment

by Nispma November 6, 2020

porn moment

A move so smooth with regards to initiating sexual or pseudo-sexual congress with someone that it could only otherwise have happened in a heavily scripted porn film.

Person A: So I lean over to try and get her number and BAM, next thing I know we're doing it in the back of my van. It was such a porn moment.

PersonB: Uhh, thanks dad

by />/_//\/<^/\/ June 16, 2010