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A term coined after the sudden and unprecedented emergence of Jeremy Lin, an American-born athlete of Chinese/Taiwanese descent, into NBA stardom. His story is so intriguing because he is the first American-born Asian athlete in the NBA and because his rise came after being undrafted and overlooked by the NBA. Oh, and he as a degree in economics from Harvard. If you admire Jeremy Lin, and can't get enough of watching him play, you are said to have linsanity.
Jim: What are you doing?!? You never watch the NBA.

Bob: Yeah...well that was before I became diagnosed with a case of linsanity.
linsanity by sharkster February 16, 2012
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The global frenzy with the breakout NBA performances (starting in February 2012) of New York Knicks point guard Jeremy Shu-How Lin, who graduated from Harvard.

Lin + Insanity = Linsanity

It's an official word in the English language, according to the Global Language Monitor.
I started watching the NBA again because of Linsanity.
Linsanity by Leverett_IMs August 2, 2012

linsanity run 

An unsustainable, short-lived yet exciting string of outcomes where someone or something with low probabilities to succeed/transpire occurs.
What a linsanity run by John; he just won 5 straight hands of blackjack.
linsanity run by JVboy50 May 6, 2024

skin insanity 

The Skin Insanity is a dangerous virus caused by CS:GO Skin Betting
One of its symptoms include

1.Trying to become a fulltime youtuber
2.Appearing on DramaAlert to promote your youtube channel and get that youtube revenue therefore to feed your skin insanity
3.Originating from Russia

This is a joke taken from Pyrocynical's video "HUMAN MALTESER FAKES YOUTUBE APOLOGY VIDEO"
at 2:57 till 5:50
The kid sealed himself and cried in a corner as the skin insanity took over the rest of his body.
skin insanity by Pyrosanical June 17, 2016

Reverend Insanity 

A holy scripture written by the fabled prophet Gu Zhen Ren detailing the life of the lord and savior, Fang Yuan aka the Great Love Immortal Venerable. Unfortunately, due to the dastardly manipulation of the CCP, this bible was banned before it finished, leaving many Daoists with a crippling emptiness that will never be fulfilled.
"Damn bro, you re-reading Reverend Insanity again? It's been like four years."

"There is nothing else in this mundane world that can satisfy me. Only RI and benefits matter."

Inanimate Insanity 

One of the greatest animated shows on the internet, by AnimationEpic. Extremely underrated.
This show is about inanimate objects competing in a reality show. Most of the characters are really cool and interesting.
Trophy: We're both jocks.
Knife: No, you're a jock, and I'm a jerk. Big difference.

Toilet: MISTA PHONE

MePhone: This is Inanimate Insanity TWO!
Inanimate Insanity by DneirfYaj November 3, 2013

Inanimate Insanity 

Hell for innocent objects and the cause for object depression
Inanimate Insanity deserves more views