Cherokee Grandmother Syndrome 

Claiming one has some distant Native American ancestor in order to sound more exotic or interesting when in fact no such Native American ancestor exists.

This practice is also relatively common by some American celebrities and personalities.

Larry: "And my great-great grandmother was part Choctaw and Apache."

Bob: "Larry, that's BS, your paternal grandparents where German immigrants and your maternal grandparents were Irish immigrants. You sound like you have a case of Cherokee Grandmother Syndrome."

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James: "Hey did you hear Elizabeth Warren is 1/32nd Cherokee?"

Dustin: "Pff, yeah sure man"

Cherokee Grandmother Syndrome by TheDrummer1 September 8, 2012

Vertical video syndrome 

An affliction of those that record video using an upright mobile phone - as if taking a portrait photograph. My left eye is not in the centre of my forehead, my right eye is not on the tip of my nose.

This evening, I will rotate my TV by 90 degrees to enjoy the YouTube spectacle of Jimmy Somerville spontaneously joining a busker who happened to be singing Hometown Boy recorded by someone with vertical video syndrome.

Vertical video syndrome by PedantPedantPedant November 6, 2013

Little Red Riding Hood Syndrome

Little Red Riding Hood Syndrome, otherwise known as, "#MeToo." As defined by the European fairy tale about the naive, wholesome, and pure-hearted Little Red Riding Hood, who ignores the wisdom and warnings of her mother and impetuously ventures into the dark & dangerous world to fulfill her noble, altruistic, and self-sacrificing quest only to be accosted and consumed by the lusting, ravenous and Machiavellian Big Bad Wolf! Overtly trusting and deceived by her own cognitive dissonance, she tragically remains trapped within her own self-deception, blind to the true nature of the wolf and unable to see the wolf's true intentions for her until it is too late. Perhaps a noble and enabling woodcutter will come to her hapless rescue and maintain her dysfunctional behaviors and those of her daughters.

"What a deep voice you have!" ("The better to greet you with", responds the wolf), "Goodness, what big eyes you have!" ("The better to see you with", responds the wolf), "And what big hands you have!" ("The better to hug/grab you with", responds the wolf), and lastly, "What a big mouth you have" ("The better to eat you with!", responds the wolf), at which point the wolf jumps out of bed and eats her up too. 30 years later, Little Red Riding Hood, Tweets a #MeToo and the Big Bad Wolf is kicked out of the forest by an angry mob; all involved being casualities of Little Red Riding Hood Syndrome.

Little Red Riding Hood Syndrome by Crazy8888s October 12, 2018

faith-derangement syndrome 

A mental illness marked by:

- belief in obviously absurd tales written by unknown authors detailing the origins of the universe and life on earth;

- a maniacal need to convince the gullible that these stories are true, often in schools and via the media;

- demanding adherence to a select handful of the "rules" in these ancient texts, even when many of the rules are patently absurd;

- the belief that an all-knowing, all-powerful little old man in the sky shows his love for us through widespread calamities, starvation, disease and suffering, along with the possibility of eternal torment if you don't love him back;

- belief that this all-knowing, all-powerful being will do whatever you ask him to do (apparently no one has ever asked for an end to calamities, starvation, disease and suffering).

Sufferers may also experience inappropriate feelings of righteousness and/or displeasure, and display strong hatred toward those who doubt the little old man in the sky has commanded them to love each other, not eat lobster, murder gay men and not work on Saturday, er, um, Sunday.

"Justice Scalia clearly suffers from faith-derangement syndrome. What we need is for the Notorious R.B.G. (Ruth Bader Ginsburg) to go midevil on his ass."

faith-derangement syndrome by Lomits October 14, 2018

AP euro syndrome 

When you ignore your other classes and homework to focus strictly on AP European History work.

Mom: Why are your grades all 70s except AP Euro?
Student: I have AP euro syndrome, I can't help it!

AP euro syndrome by msuts November 22, 2010

Princess Syndrome 

An increasingly prevalent condition found primarily in young heterosexual American women. Characterized by (1) unrealistically high expectations; (2) materialistic conduct; (3) a sense of entitlement; (4) exploitative behavior; (5) feelings of superiority; and (6) a lack of regard for society’s rules and mores.

Princesses believe in their own exceptionalism and usually hail from wealthy or upper middle class families. They are quick to describe themselves as "awesome" or "amazing" on social media. Given their access to resources, they are typically attractive, although rarely naturally beautiful. In public, princesses may attempt to cut in line, believing their time to be more valuable than others’. They enjoy berating cashiers, waitresses, and other service workers. Princesses often walk down the wrong side of the street but refuse to yield the way to oncoming pedestrians.

Princesses also typically maintain unrealistic dating expectations. A princess may, for example:

- Stand 5’2” yet refuse to date men under 6’
- Demand a “successful man” despite having never worked a day in her life
- Display the arrogance typically found in 10s as a 6.5

The prognosis for Princess Syndrome is largely unfavorable. Management options typically include:

- Cessation of allowances and support funds
- Full-time work obtained through independent efforts

In some cases, full remission has been achieved, but most patients who present with Princess Syndrome typically retain it for life.

Since her profile contains nothing but mentions of how "amazing" she is, she might have Princess Syndrome.

If you spoil your daughters, you run the risk of causing them to develop Princess Syndrome at an early age.

Princess Syndrome by Nomadic Observer August 10, 2014

civilization syndrome 

Civilization Syndrome is an affliction targeting gamers, especially turn-based strategy gamers, in which they promise themselves "just one more turn"--only to realize that seven hours have passed and they've soiled their drawers.

Most games that cause Civilization Syndrome possess an explosive mixture: they create long to-do lists for the player, which grow infinitely and exponentially with each completed task, and combine that with the ability to complete tasks easier and quicker than real-life, thus creating an overwhelmingly addictive illusion of achieving things.

Note that a game doesn't have to be turn-based to cause Civilization Syndrome, it merely has to produce addictive and never-ending to-do lists.

Named after Sid Meier's Civilization series, which codified most turn-based strategy tropes present in today's games.

"It was ten PM, my game was going really well, and I just had a few more things I wanted to finish before calling it a night. Next thing I knew the sun was rising. I got fucked by Civilization Syndrome."

civilization syndrome by CharacterInWhite May 11, 2014