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Went Linear

To respond by losing one's sense of perspective and becoming agitated in the extreme.

Possibly borrowed from meteorology. A cellular storm "goes linear" when it turns into more of a squall line (or merges with an existing storm) -- i.e., that it's going to turn into a big black line of death. (from stormtrack.org).

I have a sense that there should also be a nuclear physics metaphor, but I don't know it.
My boss went linear when I showed him my expense report.
by jfkelley October 12, 2009
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non-linear

Guy be busting my chops so I went non-linear on his ass.
by Slick Mikey March 4, 2003
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socially linear

unable to understand social interaction; unable to pickup social cues
Quinn is so Socially linear that he couldn't tell I was making a light joke.
by Squier1212 August 19, 2008
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Non-Linear Selling

Selling in pairs or other combinations and for more than one year at a time, thereby decreasing the absolute number of deals required to sell out your inventory as well as increasing your efficiency and productivity.
If there are 200 signs in an arena and you sell them to sponsors in pairs for a term of two years each then you only need to make 50 deals per year to sell out your inventory instead of 200 per year--thus, you have reduced your workload by 75%. If you can further increase the number of multi-year deals for pairs of signs you can do per annum then your sales will increase at an ever increasing rate-- that is non-linear selling.
by ProfBruce April 20, 2011
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Non-linear conversation

A remark , explanation, or story that bears little or no reliability or truth.
I have no time for non-linear conversations. Bullshit is the domain of liars.
by Badd Kkarma October 4, 2021
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Flori-cal linear induction tube

This is a fantasy super high speed rail deep underground which makes it possible to travel from florida to california in 3 hours! The inspiration for this idea comes from donald fagens early '80s hit single "I gy this verse specifically: 'on that train all graphite and glitter under sea by rail 90 minutes from New York to Paris well by :76 we'll be a-ok! What a beautiful ❤️ world 🌎 this will be what a glorious. Time to be free!'
We caught the
Flori-cal linear induction tube at noon in Miami and 3 hours later we arrived in San Diego at noon local. We went to the zoo then caught a bite to eat at horton plaza and made it in time for an 8pm curtain at the San Diego Opera
It let out at 11pm so we made it back to the station for some drinks then we caught the 2am local flori-cal for a 3 hour ride back to Miami and arrived there at 8am local time!
by 4realazitgits April 17, 2021
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4-3 Linear Crutch

When ur a shit console kid with 0.6 AA you have to use this broken sens and I thought classic was op
Damn, bro why are you so good.
It's because I am a 4-3 Linear Crutch and I am pussy to use any other sens
by IcyZoxy on PSN November 13, 2023
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