(n.) The inability to turn down theatrical roles, even if they could indeed ruin one's career. Brought about by such actors as Samuel L. Jackson (appearing in Snakes on a Plane for Christ's sake), and most importantly Nicholas Cage, for the syndrome is founded upon his decisions acutely, the actors continue disappoint many with their unwarranted actions.
Damn, Nicholas Cage has the worst case of cage syndrome ever. He fucking agreed to Knowing and Ghost Rider of all god damn movies in this world.
by demosthenes29 August 22, 2009
by teen angst February 14, 2015
When one is accustom to residing in a confine space and suddenly finds themselves in a overwhelmingly larger space and in-turn becomes uncomfortable and hesitant to expand into their new found larger area.
Hey girl, did you hear that Magdalena is now living uptown? She was so used to living in that tiny 450 sq studio that she's now so freaked out about all this new found space and barely even leaves the bedroom. Wow she definitely has a case of the Bird Cage Syndrome.
by RI Ave Stalker November 26, 2013
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When one is caught in the boring part of a relationship and they feel trapped and want to leave the relationship but they cant because they still have feelings for the other person. OR they are freaked out by how intense the relationship is when its only been a few weeks, so they want out but at the same time they dont.
She feels like she has caged bird syndrome because he told her he loved her after the 2nd week they were together.
by notaboutlove December 16, 2009
Situation in which an endless loop of an event (whether that be an activity, a day, a week, or any other period of time) is perpetuated from the standpoint of one cell (usually a person, in fiction) so that they can tweak details of the occurrence (or have them tweaked by other factors) in order to achieve a goal.
This can be both good and bad, in the sense that it's for a good cause, or it's a nightmare trap for some unfortunate victim.
This can be both good and bad, in the sense that it's for a good cause, or it's a nightmare trap for some unfortunate victim.
P1: The movie Primer has a serious case of Hypercell Cage Syndrome, as exuded by the end in which an inordinate amount of time (and unknowable number of retries) is spent in perfecting an action during a party to prevent a potentially negative outcome.
P2: How so?
P1: One of the main characters uses a homemade time travel device to loop the same event.
P2: Oh, I see. I'm going to go spam that term on fb now.
P2: How so?
P1: One of the main characters uses a homemade time travel device to loop the same event.
P2: Oh, I see. I'm going to go spam that term on fb now.
by bundillion May 11, 2012