Linsanity is a pun on Jeremy Lin's (NBA player) name that describes the excitement surrounding Jeremy Lin and his high scoring breakout performance with the new york knicks in February 2012.
by WACrown February 18, 2012
To perform a task at a mediocre level for a period of time and then suddenly excel beyond belief at that task.
by EmployeeNMBR12 February 17, 2012
Acting like Lindsay Lohan; in an insane manner, doing crack, attacking people in their cars, and being a little bitch about going to jail...oh, and being impossible to insure in whatever your career is because you're so. fucking. insane.
This is also known as the Lindsay Lohan epidemic, which has spread rapidly in Hollywood, as well as in middle and high schools.
This is also known as the Lindsay Lohan epidemic, which has spread rapidly in Hollywood, as well as in middle and high schools.
by ScreamForMyIcecreeamm January 21, 2011
An unsustainable, short-lived yet exciting string of outcomes where someone or something with low probabilities to succeed/transpire occurs.
by JVboy50 May 06, 2024
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.
Lin + Insanity = Linsanity
It's an official word in the English language, according to the Global Language Monitor.
by Leverett_IMs March 20, 2012
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.
Bob: Yeah...well that was before I became diagnosed with a case of linsanity.
by sharkster February 16, 2012