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emotional tornado

A combination of anxiety and emotional distress and their spiral toward a child's inability to self-regulate, as witnessed in children, often during a regular school day. The emotional tornado spins from anxiety, emotional distress and poor self-regulation, followed by greater anxiety and further emotional turmoil. An emotional tornado can wreak havoc on a child's stress response system, impair maturing brain circuits and increase the probability for long-term learning, behavior and overall health.
Ashley's daily dose of bullying on the playground led to her heightened anxiety, emotional distress from the name calling and an inability to maintain her self-regulation in the recess line; she was experiencing an emotional tornado.
by docec May 11, 2016
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Emotional Tofu

(noun): Similar to the food product Tofu which generates no original flavor but absorbs flavor from surrounding products, Emotional Tofu is a person with no actual experience in a topic but knows, or knows of, someone who has experience in a cause, so they absorb their emotion as their own.

Seen mostly in white, middle/upper class, priveledged, Social Justice Warriors when they're trying to justify their political views. Typically identified by using sentences that start with "I have a friend who.."
Veteran: Yeah I think the inroads made in Iraq post-exit in 2011 have had mostly long term benefits for the region despite setbacks with ISIL's rise

Emotional Tofu: No it isn't! No! You don't understand. I have friend. He was in Iraq. He caught PTSD and that's why universal health insurance and stronger gun control because fuck you Trump!
by Palmo53 January 29, 2017
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Emote Land

Emote Land is a fun and cool discord server with various emotes and a pog owner (not nick)

People actually enjoy chatting here
Emote Land is a pog discord server
Emote Land has emotes
Emote Land has a cool owner
by yourUsualEmoteGuy September 24, 2021
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Emotional Budget

A strategy to conserve your emotional strength and or energy from being drained or depleted.
Jane is such a nag,I have an emotional budget for a day with her.
by Female Einstein August 26, 2021
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Emotional Herpes

The state when an individual repeatedly experiences psychological insanity and initiates confrontational episodes with no legitimate reason. Commonly diagnosed in the female.
“Karen seriously have Emotional Herpes when she keeps getting upset.”
by Andrew_6794 June 30, 2021
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Sarcasm with emotions

When someone makes a sarcastic joke with their emotions.
Bob:"Hey, Sarah, wanna come hang out?"
Sarah:"Fuck no, you asshat! I hate your fucking guts!"
Bob: :'(
Sarah: "SARCASM WITH EMOTIONS!!!"
by SteveGuy68927 August 2, 2013
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synchronized emoting

When a large group of people have the same reactions (to a sporting event, horror movie, cute cat video) at the exact same time without advanced planning.
"I have no idea what they were watching on her laptop, but their synchronized emoting told me that it was gross from all the gasps and 'ew's I heard."
by Cosmokitty November 7, 2011
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