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The Chain of Screaming

A Theory Made up by Barney Stinson (How I Met Your Mother) stating that there is a chain/cycle of screaming in which one (original screamer) yells at someone else, then that person yells at another person and another and another, so on and so forth. This chain/cycle will eventually lead back to the original screamer, ending the Chain of Screaming. AKA The Circle of Screaming or The Pyramid of Screaming.
Example: Arthur’s boss’s boss screams at Arthur’s boss, Arthur’s boss screams at Arthur, Arthur screams at Marshall, Marshall goes home and screams at his wife, Lily,Lily (a kindergarten teacher) screams at one of the kids in her kindergarten class (hmm, let’s say Mary), and then Mary goes home and screams at her dad, Arthur’s boss’s boss, thus ending The Chain of Screaming.
by Turtle Mcfly March 10, 2014
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internally screaming

*internally screaming* usually used when you're losing your shit and you just kinda scream on the inside.
Person: hey you okay?
Me: yeah I'm fine.
Me: *internally screaming*
by rawr_i_hate_a_lot September 12, 2016
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kicking and screaming

when somebody is struggling to keep from being forcibly moved, removed, or pulled against their will or otherwise do something that they do not want to do.
Amanda Knox says she will only go back to Italy "kicking and screaming" after an Italian court ruled she should not have been cleared.
by Miss That Buff Dude? March 4, 2014
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The Screaming shits

I had oysters for the first time ever, I soon regretted it when I woke up with the screaming shits the morning after.
by WHISKEYMAN1234 October 9, 2018
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i'm screaming

A typical Tumblr/meme-based reply by somebody exaggerating their apparent amusement towards the post in question. Most often used by the same morons that happily and unashamedly use the term 'bae' in normal conversation.
'Family Guy quote that's been posted ad nauseam'

"I'm screaming!"
by mikejb7777 September 3, 2015
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Cell Screaming

The all-too common practice of yelling at the top of your lungs into your cell phone.

Far from using the most sophisticated communications technology on the planet, many people seem to believe that they're connected to the other person by a pair of soup cans with a string stretched between them. Thus, they feel compelled to SCREAM at the top of their lungs whenever speaking on their cell phones.

Part of the problem is the extremely poor ear-piece design in most modern cell phones and the resulting inability for the person talking to get the right level of feedback. This is something that phone engineers had down to a finely tuned science a hundred years ago but seems to have been lost on current phone design engineers.
Bob: "Geeze, Fred. I'm trying to eat here. Must you always be cell screaming while we're having lunch?"

Fred: "Sorry, Bob. I didn't even realize that I was doing that."

Bob: "Well, it's not entirely your fault, part of it is that crappy phone. But still, get a grip. Your throat must be sore!"
by Buck Guapo March 28, 2007
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