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imposter syndrome

When someone who believes their own accomplishments were simply because of luck, tricking others into thinking they are intelligent, or timing. When in reality they did them on their own. It's most seen among people who are in higher education, or high achieving jobs.
Sally: I don't belong here. Everyone else seems to know what's going on except me!

A few other classmates: Don't worry we don't quite understand the material either. Maybe you are just going through imposter syndrome.
by OlePapaBear March 23, 2016
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Helga Pataki Syndrome

When a person does what Helga does to Arnold on the tv show “Hey Arnold."
When a girl or guy says nasty hurtful things to someone; but the person that is saying the nasty things really likes the person that he/she is bullying.

“Hey maybe that girl has the Helga Pataki Syndrome.”
by boc277 January 6, 2008
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Syncope

Syncope is a word that means to faint or suddenly become unconscious.

A person can faint for many reasons, some related to the heart and others not. By far, the most common type of faint in children relates to what is called the autonomic temperature, heart rate, blood pressure, breathing rate, etc. This is called vasodepressor syndrome. These commonly occur with emotional stress (i.e. drawing blood, getting one's report card) and are made worse by hunger, fever/colds, and hot stuffy environments.

Usually the kids will feel nausea, sweating, and may look pale. They faint (and as long as they are flat) usually recover in a few minutes.
A variation of this response is called neurocardiogenic syncope where there are some abnormal responses by the nervous system that causes you to faint. In this case, the heart rate becomes very slow.
"That girl has syncope; she passes out frequently."

"When that kid donated blood, he passed out. His mother thinks he has syncope."
by BLaCK ouT QueeN May 2, 2009
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Bassist Syndrome

1. When your picking/strumming arm gets noticeably larger from playing bass, or you get cuts/blisters/dimples on your hands from playing.

2. When one feels ignored, or as if they don't get enough credit, as bassists are often overlooked despite being a huge part in a bands sound, just like a guitarist/drummer/keyboardist/vocalist/etc.
I got a bad case of bassist syndrome.... hug me?
by Nekoyawai June 3, 2010
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Encampment Syndrome

When at an long encampment, normally a CAP one, this sydrome often develops in people. It causes normally average looking girls to become beautiful and very tapable by the end of a week.
Right when I got to Arlington, all these girls where icky, but now that I got Encampment Syndrome, all these girls are HOT!
by Strong Wiskey July 12, 2010
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Neil Syndrome

a more serious case of a congenital disorder, causing intellectual impairment such as "feeding" or assisting the enemy lanes on a popular game called League of Legends, and gullible enough to believe anything.
Oh god I have the Neil Syndrome
Why are you losing every game!? Do you have the Neil Syndrome or something?
by ExpertSyndrome July 5, 2014
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Alabama Syndrome

Usally occurs in inbred individuals, symptoms include: long toes the size of a finger, yellow or green toes, the occasional black toe. Mostly seen in neotrix videos or the occasional foot pornography.
“Dude what’s wrong with your toes!?”
“I was just diagnosed with Alabama Syndrome
“I knew you were inbred.”
by kkkhloe July 23, 2018
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