Pressing Paralysis

The phenomenon occurs when multiple defenders are in position to challenge an attacking player, but due to hesitation, miscommunication, or uncertainty about responsibility, none of them step up to engage. As a result, the attacker faces less resistance than expected, often gaining space or time to advance. This defensive lapse is driven by a diffusion of responsibility, where each defender assumes another will take action, leading to collective inaction.

It was pressing paralysis at its finest, three defenders doing the ‘after you, sir’ routine while the striker waltzed through like he owned the place.

by ThinkingManCa April 3, 2025

Press the button

start a course of action, particularly a nuclear conflict.

“No single leader has the authority to press the button, thankfully, launching nuclear weapons requires a complex sequence of approvals.”

by Arminkshipper July 8, 2024

bent press

Have a idea; eye on pressing curve body type

“Damn I can bent press any day of week”

by AlKnown ZodiacKillee May 12, 2022

Dr. Pepper French Press

It’s when you put all of the empty left over bags of coke into a cup of doctor pepper, after it absorbs the rest of the coke from the bags you strain the Dr. Pepper into another cup and drink it for an energy boost.

Damn, I can’t get ahold of my guy. I had to do a Dr. Pepper French press just to make it to work today.

by Birdliveinmybeard March 21, 2024

press

To go off on someone and scream in their face. Most of the time push them into a corner or surround them too.

Ben to Friend: I’m gonna go press Riley
Ben: So you think it’s f*cking okay to do that?!
Riley: I didn’t do shit I swear

by violet2abby March 2, 2022

diamond press

when you make a diamond on the back of a girls head while she’s giving you head.

I heard you did the diamond press last night.

by Frost-_-Rekt- June 10, 2022

Press

Putting pressure on someone identified as an "innocent" bystander by the person doing the pressing, often without good cause, reason, or a point to doing it.

If someone wasn't having the police press people, why would they know what time the police usually back off at? It's not something most people would learn from experience, as jobs keep most people from having the luxury of staying up until dawn on a regular basis to learn it that way.

by The Original Agahnim July 28, 2021