phase-locked loop

Refers to an unfortunate situation where someone who had begun exhibiting undesirable behavior that others had initially assumed was his "just going through a phase" actually does **not** eventually "taper off", but continues to display said distressing attitude/actions.

My teenage son started being really rude and mouthy at age 12, and our pediatrician had assured me that it was "merely a stage he was going through", and that "he'd outgrow it eventually". Well, that was over six years ago, and if anything the boy's behavior is even more sulkily-resentful and anti-social than ever --- looks like a phase-locked loop to me!

by QuacksO January 31, 2019

coffee-and-couch phase

A slang expression describing the moment you find yourself drinking the same black coffee as your dad, marking the realization that you’re now considered "old", especially when still living at parents' home past your 23rd birthday. It highlights the irony of being too old for youthful independence while still in a transitional phase.

I took a sip of that bitter black coffee and suddenly felt like I was 30, still living with my parents at 23. Guess I’ve officially hit the coffee-and-couch phase!

by Emotional Cruiser August 9, 2025

Three phase plan

A plan to phase out enemies or people that bother you in three phases.

The three phase plan sounds good, but scientists, government officials, and the healthcare workers that like hearing how heroic they are seem to be the ones who actually think it's a good plan. Nobody is telling dentists, pharmacists, chiropractors, proctologists, gynecologists, or pediatricians they're heroes or saviors, since at a certain point it would all start to sound silly.

by Solid Mantis July 20, 2020

But eventually the word will phase from existence; and this is how the website will die. This is how everything dies.

Fuck you

But eventually the word will phase from existence; and this is how the website will die. This is how everything dies.

by xX_Allah1448_Xx July 9, 2021

phase 5 meltdown

The highest attainable level of detachment from mental stability, and social awareness, usually marked by intense fits of rage, and irrational behaviours

Everybody better leave before I have a phase 5 meltdown

by Loganic soup February 11, 2017

15 minutes of phase

When someone experiences the sensation of fully going through a phase in literally a matter of minutes or hours.

joe: woah.
anne: what?
joe: for some reason i just spent the past half hour looking up stuff about star trek, but i think it's totally lame now.
anne: welcome to your 15 minutes of phase.

by rowanneee May 12, 2010

But eventually the word will phase from existence; and this is how the website will die. This is how everything dies.

Aaaaaaaaaah

Ahhhhhhh But eventually the word will phase from existence; and this is how the website will die. This is how everything dies.

by MemeGirl20 July 12, 2021