raw nerve

To "touch," "hit," "strike" a raw nerve - to upset someone by reminding him or her of a subject about which he or she has strong feelings.

1) Alex's mom recently died of lung cancer, so his sister hit a raw nerve by telling him that she had begun smoking.

2) Pam struck a raw nerve in Nick when she told him an anti-Semitic joke. Unbeknownst to Pam, Nick's grandmother died in the Holocaust.

3) Fat jokes touch a raw nerve in Samantha, who used to get made fun of in school for being overweight.

by na na na na na November 4, 2011

Vulcan nerve pinch

The thing Spock uses to knock out redshirts

I wanna do a Vulcan nerve pinch on you.

by SoMePeRs0n/guy March 22, 2007

Anal Optical Nerve

n. A nerve discovered in March 2007, it connects a person's anus to the back of their eye

the Anal Optical Nerve exists, If you don't believe me, pull a hair from your ass and see if it doesn't bring a tear to your eye.

by PersianDeity March 7, 2008

strike a nerve

to distress somebody through commentary

Did I strike a nerve when I called him a boob?

by thunderdog August 23, 2006

last good nerve

The final point of remaining calm.

That bitch is on my last good nerve

by Mighty B July 22, 2003

Optic nerve blocking

To block someone/something from your field of vision. There is a possibility that you can still hear them but it comes in the form of sounds that remind you of them.

SQUIP: It's called optic nerve blocking. I have been blocking Michael from your field of vision.

by pinkberryy August 17, 2020

The Nerve

The low tolerance of someone or something and how it would make them/it feel or react just to get their own point across or get their way.

"Did you hear Dana was yelling at the principal about how the school system is running"

"yeah, the nerve though"

by Rossica August 19, 2017