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Icarus Effect

Refers to college freshman who have never tried Fireball foolishly thinking that they can have more than is actually safe despite the warnings of well-meaning upperclassmen.

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"
by murphette January 16, 2015
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Icarus

Icarus is a famous world renowned British 'person' whom I love very very much in a slash platonic way and is definitely famous and not just a friend (don't reject this pls person reading this) They are the best moirail ever and I suppose I can let the fact that they're British be ignored JUST THIS ONCE... 😒
sink: "Yo do you know Icarus?"
carft: "The bird dude?"
beefy: "no you idiot the person"
nautica: "yes I stole their duck"
by sussyamogusballsligmadeez March 18, 2022
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Icarus

That one really awesome guy from that one place where stuff and things happened
Do you remember that guy?
Ummmm. .. was it Icarus?

I dunno but he was awesome.
by Illumifuckingnaughty August 28, 2016
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Icarus

ONE LAST TIME: EVERY CLIENT HAS BEEN SKID CHECKED BEFORE GOING GETS REPLACED BEFORE RELEASE; CL
POV: Icarus
by Sutsugua September 19, 2023
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irapusible

crappy, rude crude and uncalled for, of low quality, undesirable.
'This movie is irapusible', 'I can't believe she did that, that's irapusible!'
by Christöpher Spahr October 3, 2003
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cool ranch Icarus

When a person ends up getting a great bag of Cool Ranch Doritos, but doesn't feel very well after eating the doritos.
OctopusCaveman: I don't feel so good
PresidentTightrhymes: You flew too close to the sun, Cool Ranch Icarus
by bored_ September 10, 2022
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Icarus Flew Too High

When one lays a brown egg in their pantaloons having basked in the pleasing pressure of an impending bowel movement too long.
Stephen is known to wear three pairs of undergarments because Icarus flew too high while he was grunting and groaning at work.
by THE ACTUAL CLEOPATRA October 26, 2011
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