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The "yips" is a set of conditions associated with having your nerves badly rattled. Can affect the performance of athletes and in the case of combat veterans is a symptom of PTSD(Post Traumatic Stress Disorder).
1) I got the yips and bogeyed the rest of the holes.

2) My post military career prospects aren't looking so good with a bad case of the combat yips and and drinking myself to sleep every night.
yips by james savik July 12, 2010
Word of the Day on March 16, 2024
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Over Thinking Something So Much You Become Unable To do It. You Than Will Often Proceed To Implode.

Happens When Hitting On Girls

Making Game Winning Goals
Making Public Speeches
I Was At A Victoria's Secret Fashion Show And i Got The Yips, I Couldn't Hit On A Girl All Night.

Joe Got The Yips And Lost Us The State Title When He Missed That Field Goal.
Yips by Shakes2 October 2, 2009
A mental disconnect between the mind and the body. May result in becoming a hacker.
Overton missed his put to the right because he had the yips.
yips by Alex Snow December 28, 2007
a modern-day word for the drug ecstasy, used so that figures of authority won't know one has dropped.
'Yo dude, you on yips?'
'Yeah man, yipped to fuck!'
yips by xoxogossipslut May 14, 2012
The modern day slang name for the drug Ecstasy.
*Mick: 'Whats wrong with you Tommy?'
*Tommy: 'Ah im fucking Yipped out of it man!'
*Mick: 'Ah not so bad!'
*Sarah (Micks girlfriend): 'What are you doing that shite for Tommy? jesus christ like!'
*Tommy: 'Ah shut up to fuck Sarah!'
*Sarah: ' No i wont!'
*Mick: 'Leave it Sarah'
*Sarah: 'No I wont Mick, he shouldnt be on that shite!'
*Mick: 'Fuck you Sarah, Tommy?
*Tommy: 'Ya?'
*Mick: 'Get me some fucking YIPS'.
Yips by lunatic_man July 31, 2011
slang term for the drug cocaine.
yo last night i was doing yips when my mom walked in
yips by a1288 January 31, 2007
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