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Sanford & Son syndrome

Sanford & Son syndrome is when a man or a woman is in their 30s and still lives with their parents due to the parents being controlling during childhood and then later depending on the child when the parent becomes of elderly age, and the child does not have much of a social life due to the overbearing parent.

Sanford & Son is a sitcom from the 1970s from 1972-1977, starring Redd Foxx, and Demond Wilson. The characters in the show do not entirely reflect the word and it's definition, however the similarities fit the narrative of the word and it's definition.
Example A: Person A is 34 years old, and still lives with his parents, who treat him like a child/teenager. He knows how to do basic things on his own but he is not allowed any independence due to his strict parents, and since they are now early and depend on their son to care for them in their old age, he feels trapped. Person A is struggling with Sanford & Son syndrome.

stanford syndrome 

When somebody gets into Stanford (or other similar institution) and constantly brings up that fact despite still being a prefrosh. Affects only a few admits, but those who have it quickly reach extreme stages.
Sam: "Yo it's so damn cold out here it feels like my balls are gonna fall off or something"
Ben: "... I'm just imagining how warm it's gonna be at Stanford next year"
Sam: "Fuck you Ben, somebody needs a cure for your Stanford Syndrome"

sandford syndrome 

the process by which one becomes a horse. once thought to be as improbable as alchemy, cases have proven conclusively the efficacy of such a phenomenon.

symptoms include:

loud neighing speech, often at inappropriate social junctions and containing inappropriate content, when intelligible.
engorged gums and teeth, causing the frame of the mouth to protrude from the face.
messy eating habits
obsession with shoes and general covering of hooves.
"HAAAAAAAAAYY! i just got these rad kicks. they are radical. revere them. ima go kick right now on my deck which i bought from bleeker st cause its not legit otherwise. later buuu-ddy"

a classic and sadly incurable case of sandford syndrome

stanford duck syndrome 

When you look calm on the outside, but frantically struggling to keep up with everything on the inside.
Joey: Wow, that guy is so calm.
That Guy: *has stanford duck syndrome*
stanford duck syndrome by bobby3453 October 26, 2020
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