The defensive then aggressive attitude insecure ex-convicts take when dealing with the real worlds problems. Directly associated with the size of the chip on some ones shoulders. Any degree of adversity can trigger this show of stupidity derived from the lack of understanding of how much their friends really care. Commonly associated with acts of kindness mistaken as criticism about an ex-convicts abilities at anything.
Not normally associated with physical violence, but attributed more to verbal defensive abuse.

When you eat dirt for the first time and leave your family to build a shack in the woods