brain drain guilt

The guilt that comes with leaving your city for a more affluent area after college, despite the best attempts of your professors and others to prevent it.

Paul: "I had this crazy dream last night. I was on trial for planning to move to Chicago, but the jury was made up of my professors. When the judge asked for the verdict, one of them stood up and said, "We have no verdict. We're just extremely dissappointed in him."

Bob: "Sounds like you have a serious case of brain drain guilt bro."

by Simon Dylan October 8, 2011

Circle of Guilt

The annoying fucker that makes apologies worse than the actual infraction. Circle of Guilty happens when one individuals guilt over something, significant or not, makes someone else feel guilty because the original person felt bad. This gets worse, and worse, and worse, until the two individuals begin hurling insults at each other.

... Circle of Guilt.

by vewetfbrwtrfgbnqawrt November 22, 2011

Conveyor Belt of Guilt

To pass one's guilt onto another person in order to alleviate your own guilt. Often done when one sees someone is indirectly at fault in someway for your own guilt.

John: I feel bad. I haven't been to my family reunion for almost three years now because I've always been down there visiting you.

Jane: Don't pass this down the conveyor belt of guilt.

by Rasengan2theface September 3, 2012

Working off your guilt

When a boss, romantic other, friend or family member does something for you, and you have no other way of paying them back, to simply be charming and fair in other ways to pay your dues for having underappreciated them.

Kat: Jeanne, you took me back as your friend again, but I don't know, I don't know if it's healthy.

Jeanne: Look, I know you're still working off your guilt, but good things happen to people like you!

by Ereck Flowers February 14, 2015

Grief/tragedy/sympathy guilt trip

News stories that get more and more desperate until people submit into doing anything the media/government/healthcare industry/scientists want them to do.

Last week's grief/tragedy/sympathy guilt trip was a recycled story from the Trump era about a young guy that still thought the coronavirus was a hoax until he ended up in ICU. When that didn't increase vaccination rates, the grief/tragedy/sympathy industry got more desperate and had a guy talking emotionally about how you can save his one year old in Arkansas even if you live halfway across the country by getting in line for a vaccine. Just do what these people say and everyone will be okay, just meet their demands is what the grief/tragedy/sympathy industry is trying to prime people's subconcious with.

by The Original Agahnim August 11, 2021

An oger's guilt

A feeling of feeling guilty because of a dumb reason or for no real cause, or in other words brainless guilt, just like ogers who are usually depicted as dumb and unintelligent

I felt an oger's guilt for not buying my brother a new console after promising him while I was drunk

by Mrknowitall1111 December 10, 2021

Daddy’s Guilt

Your bachelor pad dad suddenly and randomly buys you lots of gifts as an apology for treating you badly.

My Dad took me shopping today, got some new shoes, love daddy’s guilt money.

by X0x0xo February 24, 2023