A form of overcompensation wherein an individual, due to feelings of inferiority, formulates grandiose aspirations for future achievement despite lacking proper talent, experience, and/or personal connections. Such a person often exhibits elitism fueled by hubris and detachment from social reality.
Keith: "What's up with him? Ever since he got back from Edinburgh, he's been acting like a complete asshole."
Kraig: "His ego's gotten bigger due to an Icarus Complex. He'll crash and burn most likely."
Kraig: "His ego's gotten bigger due to an Icarus Complex. He'll crash and burn most likely."
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they mostly make content surrounding friday night funkin’, and recently (as of when i’m writing this), he made poc representation fanart of boyfriend and girlfriend from the game^^
they mostly make content surrounding friday night funkin’, and recently (as of when i’m writing this), he made poc representation fanart of boyfriend and girlfriend from the game^^
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N. A nickname for a cat/kitten that has 2 different colored eyes. Cat is usually fully or mostly white.
Person 1:
Have you seen Alexie's cat, he's an icarusu.
Person 2:
"Yeah love that little icarusu, he's so furry"
Have you seen Alexie's cat, he's an icarusu.
Person 2:
"Yeah love that little icarusu, he's so furry"
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Reference to the story of Icarus and Daedalus, in which Icarus, despite his father telling him not to fly close to the sun, does so anyway, thinking himself invincible. The wax holding his wings together melts, and he plummets to his doom.
In both tales, a very naïve person ends up near death on the floor.
Reference to the story of Icarus and Daedalus, in which Icarus, despite his father telling him not to fly close to the sun, does so anyway, thinking himself invincible. The wax holding his wings together melts, and he plummets to his doom.
In both tales, a very naïve person ends up near death on the floor.
"Oh my god dude is Trevor okay?"
"No man he didn't listen to me about the Fireball and now he's totally under the Icarus effect"
"No man he didn't listen to me about the Fireball and now he's totally under the Icarus effect"
by murphette January 16, 2015
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sink: "Yo do you know Icarus?"
carft: "The bird dude?"
beefy: "no you idiot the person"
nautica: "yes I stole their duck"
carft: "The bird dude?"
beefy: "no you idiot the person"
nautica: "yes I stole their duck"
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