Fear Factory

Primarily an American Industrial/Cyber/Death/Thrash metal band.

However, in an interview conducted some time ago, Burton Bell stated that a Fear Factory (paraphrase) is "any institution that manufactures fear".

An example of a fear factory is "any institution that manufactures fear, such as a religious organization or government".

by DoomDonkey October 15, 2011

fearquit

To quit a video game out of fear rather than rage, à la ragequitting. Usually because of something so mindfuckingly scary you literally cannot continue playing.

Gamer 1: Oh, dude, I just got Dead Space 2, I couldn't even finish Dead Space.
Gamer 2: Why?
Gamer 1: I kept fearquitting!

Later that day...

Gamer 1: Never again...never again...
Gamer 2: You fearquit, bro?
Gamer 1: *nods*
Gamer 2: Don't feel bad, man. Happens to the best of us.

by I Define The Internet November 22, 2011

fear inoculum

TOOL'S Newest album, released on august 30, 2019

Guy 1: hey did you hear tool's new album fear inoculum?
Guy 2: Hell yeah man!! that shit was fire!!!

by METALHEAD2 May 24, 2020

Dentist's Office Fear Syndrome

The fear that always creeps into your mind while sitting in the lobby of the dentist's office, even though you know it's just the dentist and you're being stupid and panicking about nothing. Many people try to calm this syndrome by reading one of the magazines or books in the lobby, but usually this just makes things worse.

(In the Dentist's Office)
Bob: (reaches for lobby magazine and starts reading)
Tracy: Gosh Bob, I've never seen someone look so nervous reading a magazine before! What's wrong?
Bob: Uhhhh it's nothing, really.
Tracy: Bob, don't tell me you still have Dentist's Office Fear Syndrome!! I thought you were over that years ago!!
Bob: Ahhh stop it!! I can't control it!!(Breaks out in hysterical crying)

by Dr. Philbern June 29, 2011

fearitude

Word made up by the character "The Janitor" from the NBC hospital based sit-com Scrubs. The word is said by Bob Kelso in season 5 episode 24 when he is blackmailed into announcing on the hospital PA system that he is afraid of the Janitor.

Bob Kelso: "...so, please join me in basking in the glow of the Janitors awesome... *pauses* ...this isn't a word?!"

Janitor: "Read it!"

Bob Kelso: "Fearitude. Goodnight."

by Alan May 24, 2006

fear

Fear is the mind killer. Fear is the little death that brings total obliteration.

"I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will allow my fear to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone I will turn my inner eye to see its path. And where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain." (From Frank Herbert's Dune)

by CCDBM January 5, 2004

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

An groundbreaking novel with the full title - Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream. Authored by Hunter S. Thompson, illustrated by Ralph Steadman. The novel first appeared as a two-part series in Rolling Stone magazine in 1971.

Journalist Raoul Duke and attorney Dr. Gonzo travel to Las Vegas in 1971 to cover a motorcycle race for a sports magazine and enjoy a haphazardly planned vacation. The vacation turns highly irresponsible and reckless as the two consume copious amounts of illegal drugs, commit various acts of fraud, and generally wreak mayhem upon the citizens of Las Vegas.

The novel is responsible for introducing an innovative literary style called gonzo journalism, a style of reporting that mixes fiction and factual journalism.

The novel inspired two movies - "Where the Buffalo Roam" (1980) and "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas" (1998).

I read "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas", and inspired me to visit Circus Circus while on ether.

by Vic Sereno March 26, 2007