AKA Brain Freeze & Ice Cream Headache,A type of condition in which a person eats or drinks something very cold i.e: ice cream,frozen drinks etc. Generally effects the eye region "freezing" the eyeball causing great discomfort.
by BruinKiller3469 March 23, 2009
Get the Frozen Eye Syndromemug. n. A condition very like carpal tunnel syndrome, occurs when the median nerve, which runs from the forearm into the hand, becomes pressed or squeezed at the wrist due to too many hours of obsessive Guitar Hero play.
Honey, I'd love to vacuum our living room, but I have carpal hero syndrome from sneaking out of bed at 3am to practice Guitar Hero. Sorry.
by miellyn December 9, 2008
Get the carpal hero syndromemug. When someone does a song cover that is infinitely better than the original. Comes from the cover of Tears for Fears "Mad World" by Michael Andrews and Gary Jules. Anyone who's seen the film Donnie Darko can testify it's awesomeness.
Jay Brannan's cover of The Verve Pipe's "The Freshmen" is another good example of Mad World Syndrome.
by Zebrafist_JC December 14, 2010
Get the Mad World Syndromemug. Whenever a person eats an excessive amount of food, even if they are thin. This phenomenon is unexplainable by doctors, but still happens.
Man 1: "I heard that John was diagnosed with Fat Man Syndrome."
Man 2: "I would have never guessed... he's so thin!"
Man 1: "But he eats a hell of a lot!"
Man 2: "I would have never guessed... he's so thin!"
Man 1: "But he eats a hell of a lot!"
by K-cin January 15, 2009
Get the Fat Man Syndromemug. Of or relating to a "kill or be killed" mentality pertaining to the inherent fear that residents of crime-prone areas have of each other. This fear-thy-neighbor mentality causes individuals to feel they have no way of protecting themselves from crime or violence, except by killing anybody who threatens or harasses them.
Such mentality is usually the result of living in violent, crime-prone (typically inner-city) areas for long periods of time and/or watching too much television (no joke).
"Urban survival syndrome" has been used as a legal defense sporadically throughout American history but was first invoked in Texas (go figure) in 1993 by a black youth named Daimion Osby. Osby had been shooting craps with a group of people and had collected a hefty wad of cash ($400). Osby then violated the etiquette rules of street craps by trying to abandon the game without giving the other players a chance to win some of their money back.
Marcus Brooks, who had suffered considerable losses during the game, threatened to "get" Osby as he walked off. With the help of cousin Willie, M. Brooks attempted to shake down Osby during a basketball game, resulting in a fight that was ultimately broken up by police. Osby was again confronted by the duo while in his car sitting at a traffic light; the Brooks brandished a shotgun and tried to force Osby to pull over, but he fled. After a final uneventful confrontation in a public park, Osby purchased a .38 caliber handgun and started carrying it with him for protection.
While conversing with a woman on the curb one evening, Osby was accosted by the Brooks duo for one final time. The Brooks drove their car onto the curb, hitting Osby. They then got out of the car and began assaulting him using their fists. At this point Osby drew his gun and killed one of the Brooks cousins with a single shot to the head. As the surviving cousin attempted to retreat to the car to retrieve the handgun that was stored inside, Osby aerated his assailant's skull with a single shot to the head as well.
At his first trial his attorneys claimed the double homicide was an act of self-defense in the name of urban survival--if he hadn't shot them, they would have returned to threaten, harass or kill him later. Amusingly enough Osby's attorneys tried to convince the jury that anybody having to fight off black men would probably react similarly in fearing for their life; given the statistics, there's a lot of reason to believe black men are scary. But even more amusingly, the defense succeeded (to some degree).
There was no verdict; the jury was hung because one of two black jurors on the panel believed Osby had acted in self-defense. Prosecutors vowed a retrial.
The Fifth Amendment of the Constitution provides for protection against retrials; unless the defendant appeals a guilty verdict, he cannot be tried for the same crime twice (except being tried in both civil and criminal court). However, a hung jury does not prove conclusive--he was neither convicted nor acquitted, so he was fair game for a retrial.
The retrial was held and the "urban survival" plea was not repeated; Osby was found guilty and received an automatic life sentence, as prosecutors had decided before the second trial to not seek the death penalty.
Such mentality is usually the result of living in violent, crime-prone (typically inner-city) areas for long periods of time and/or watching too much television (no joke).
"Urban survival syndrome" has been used as a legal defense sporadically throughout American history but was first invoked in Texas (go figure) in 1993 by a black youth named Daimion Osby. Osby had been shooting craps with a group of people and had collected a hefty wad of cash ($400). Osby then violated the etiquette rules of street craps by trying to abandon the game without giving the other players a chance to win some of their money back.
Marcus Brooks, who had suffered considerable losses during the game, threatened to "get" Osby as he walked off. With the help of cousin Willie, M. Brooks attempted to shake down Osby during a basketball game, resulting in a fight that was ultimately broken up by police. Osby was again confronted by the duo while in his car sitting at a traffic light; the Brooks brandished a shotgun and tried to force Osby to pull over, but he fled. After a final uneventful confrontation in a public park, Osby purchased a .38 caliber handgun and started carrying it with him for protection.
While conversing with a woman on the curb one evening, Osby was accosted by the Brooks duo for one final time. The Brooks drove their car onto the curb, hitting Osby. They then got out of the car and began assaulting him using their fists. At this point Osby drew his gun and killed one of the Brooks cousins with a single shot to the head. As the surviving cousin attempted to retreat to the car to retrieve the handgun that was stored inside, Osby aerated his assailant's skull with a single shot to the head as well.
At his first trial his attorneys claimed the double homicide was an act of self-defense in the name of urban survival--if he hadn't shot them, they would have returned to threaten, harass or kill him later. Amusingly enough Osby's attorneys tried to convince the jury that anybody having to fight off black men would probably react similarly in fearing for their life; given the statistics, there's a lot of reason to believe black men are scary. But even more amusingly, the defense succeeded (to some degree).
There was no verdict; the jury was hung because one of two black jurors on the panel believed Osby had acted in self-defense. Prosecutors vowed a retrial.
The Fifth Amendment of the Constitution provides for protection against retrials; unless the defendant appeals a guilty verdict, he cannot be tried for the same crime twice (except being tried in both civil and criminal court). However, a hung jury does not prove conclusive--he was neither convicted nor acquitted, so he was fair game for a retrial.
The retrial was held and the "urban survival" plea was not repeated; Osby was found guilty and received an automatic life sentence, as prosecutors had decided before the second trial to not seek the death penalty.
by Siegfried Zaga July 15, 2008
Get the urban survival syndromemug. A disease in which a socially awkward, unattractive, and hygenicly-repulsive male with a terrible personality feels victimized by women when they don't want to date him. Said male comes to believe all women are 'sluts' who want or deserve to be raped and killed, or, in its milder form, spawns the evil known as 'pick up artists'. It has no known cure.
by saraiya May 2, 2011
Get the Nice Guy syndromemug. When a woman obsesses over a man while he's deployed overseas because she's in love with the idea of him, but when he returns home she becomes immediately disinterested in him. So-named for Channing Tatim's role as a gay soldier in "Dear John".
"Dude we go home tomorrow, and Heather just stopped talking to me."
"Dude I knew it. That bitch has got Channing Tatum Syndrome."
"Dude I knew it. That bitch has got Channing Tatum Syndrome."
by LouisColling October 4, 2011
Get the Channing Tatum Syndromemug.