The inverse of paranoia about the governing power or establishment collecting information about an individual. (See Big Brother) Those afflicted by little brother syndrome intentionally share and broadcast information about themselves via social networks, check-in websites, and GPS devices, often with little regard to personal privacy, or long-term consequences. Possibly a form of exhibitionism, this definition of Little Brother Syndrome may be related to, or even a consequence of another definition of Little Brother Syndrome wherein a person vies for attention to make up for feeling under-appreciated.
Grover apparently doesn't care who knows all about him, as he posted his home address, salary, and cell phone number to Twitter, Facebook, MySpace, and Wikipedia today. He's definitely suffering from Little Brother Syndrome
by Mighuel October 22, 2010
When a person/organization/whatever noun (#1) feels a rivalry with another person/org/noun (#2), and does everything they can to feel like they are beating the other group, meanwhile person (#2) does not recognize the rivalry at all or does not consider person (#!) a threat.
Named this way because little brothers have a knack for being annoying puntable things
Named this way because little brothers have a knack for being annoying puntable things
Greg totally has Little Brother Syndrome, when he heard Alysa read 25 pages he read 30 just to be better than her. Little does he know "Learn ABC's with Caillou" is not on par with "War and Peace."
by bhopcolor February 24, 2022