Placebo Hangover

A phenomenon that can only be put down to self trickery.
When you go out one night and decide not to drink, everyone else around you is drinking or already drunk to the point of obliteration. You go about your night sobre, maybe get caught up in the present drunken vibe, retire late / early morning - with everybody else.
You wake up at an un-godly hour of the day due to the late night - BUT, you feel shittier than times when you've been unrealistically drunk.

It is clear that the brain is either so used to dealing with excessive alcohol - blood ratio on a saturday night, it brings you down the next day regardless, OR you are such a lightweight, that just being around alcohol is enough to bring on a hangover.

Personal experience shows the latter observation to be false.

Dude 1: Dude, I feel WORSE today than most hangovers .. W..T..F!?! I was sobre all night!

Dude 2: Placebo Hangover dude *shakes head* .. my condolences

by RyRy28 September 16, 2011

placebo button

Pedestrian use button placed at traffic lights so that mere citizens are deluded that they actually have some sort of control over the sequence of said traffic signals where in actual fact the system is of 1950s vintage & will change colour every ten minutes regardless.

"Ah! the lights are against me, but what's this? A control button! I'll press this & the little white man will flash & I'll be on my way. Isn't technology great!" Another cruel trick from our heartless government,a placebo button.

by Alex & Bonzo Dogg November 16, 2006

placebo high

when everyone abound u is high and then you fell high

wow, everyone is high around me, I also fell high, I am/feel placebo high.

by _vdod_69 November 27, 2021

Placebo effect of I.T.

When a computer fault that has been plaguing a user suddenly disappears at the mere presence of someon who works in I.T.

The "system fault" was resolved using the placebo effect of I.T.

by fluffygreenbootlaces June 30, 2021

placebo friend

A Facebook friend created only to advance yourself in an online social networking game.

My FarmVille co-op consists of myself, my wife and my placebo friend "Cheech".

by Dr John April 20, 2010

Placebo bra

It’s a “bra” that doesn’t help support your boobs but you wear to feel like you are at least wearing something

Susan tells Katie “hey katie, you’re looking pretty comfortable today” Katie replies with “yes I am, it’s because I’m wearing a placebo bra today! You should try one!”

by VictoriaPlacebo September 3, 2018

Placebo Fart

When somebody announces that they farted even though they didn't. The victims are tricked into thinking this is the truth, and they mentally create the smell of a fart, thinking its real.

Guy 1: "Dude I just ripped a huge one!"

Guy 2: *breathes in* "Aww gross man, that's nasty!"

Guy 1: "Dude I'm kidding. I made a placebo fart."

by SupaC July 20, 2010