When the Yantic Volunteer Fire Department (Norwich, CT) gets to any scene and begins freaking out for no good reason or begins requesting (wasting) resources by requesting things they don’t need.
Bob: I saw a small accident on the highway this morning, but there were 18 fire trucks and 12 ambulances for the car the hit the guardrails.
Tom: Just another episode of Yantic Panic.
Tom: Just another episode of Yantic Panic.
by Car 3 September 30, 2020
by thatonegaybitch March 6, 2019
Formed in Las Vegas, Nevada by members Ryan Ross, Spencer Smith, Brendon Urie, and Brent Wilson, P!atd is commonly refered to as a "pop-punk" and/or " punk-rock" band. Brent Wilson, former basist, who was in the band for a very short time, left and was replaced by Jon Walker. Later in 2009, Ryan Ross (guitarist) and Jon Walker (basist) left due to creative differences and formed The Young Veins. Two albums were made with Ross and Walker; A Fever You Can't Sweat Out, and Pretty. Odd. The two albums are widely different from each other. After Ross and Walker left, vocalist Brendon Urie, and drummer Spencer Smith, created the album Vices and Virtues. Many people stereotype them to be "listened to by 13 year olds who don't know what real music is, and"emo kids." Recently, Panic!'s song "Ready To Go" has been feautured in TV commercials, causing the band to become more mainstream. Although you don't have to listen to them since the beginning when they were originally formed, it would help if you know other songs then just the ones that play on the radio and TV.
Person 1: I just started listening to Panic! At The Disco last week, and I think they're really good! Camisado is my favorite song.
Person 2: Yeah I know! I love the album Pretty. Odd.
"Poser" Person 3: Yeah! I don't know the album names but I LOVE I Write Sins, Not Tragedies, and Ready To Go. They play on the radio all the time!
Person 2: Yeah I know! I love the album Pretty. Odd.
"Poser" Person 3: Yeah! I don't know the album names but I LOVE I Write Sins, Not Tragedies, and Ready To Go. They play on the radio all the time!
by MusicLover000 August 12, 2012
When an individual is desperate for information or an answer to a question to the point where he or she will send an email to everyone in their address book (or in the case of the enterprise organization - multiple distribution lists) leveraging all of the urgent features of the email program including starting the subject line with an exclamation mark (!)
When someone is in the field, and really under pressure they are going to send an email to every distribution list they can find, and it does not matter how many times you say this DL is for X,Y or Z. They will still do it. The problem is - Panic spam is not productive and having a single email for all technical discussions is great for a company with under 50 employees. Some of us already get a lot of email and like to leverage rules to optimize our inboxes and prioritize discussion.
by nerdodamus September 11, 2016
by Ajmc6760 March 22, 2017
Panic Bum is when one male is in such a startle that they bum another male in a panic. This normally happens in high pressure situations.
"Hey Dave did you see that hurricane?" "I sure did, it was really awkward I Panic bummed my boss Rhys".
by The rock800 September 9, 2011
an overwrought public anxiety that evil things are afoot. The term seems to have been coined by Jock Young in 1971.* The most obvious example of an ancient moral panic is the blood libel.
Other famous examples of moral panics include the 1955 Boise scandal, in which three cases of lewd conduct between men and teenaged boys, plus a noxious editorial, triggered a general war against homosexual men. In the early 1930's, the Federal Bureau of Narcotics (FBN) launched a public relations effort to have federal laws passed banning the use of marijuana; it was driven by a jurisdictional struggle between Harry Anslinger (FBN) and J. Edgar Hoover (FBI). The campaign was a success; it not only achieved the desired legislation, but created a wave of mass hysteria about the "threat" of marijuana.
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* Goode & Ben-Yehuda, *Moral Panics* (1994), p.12.
Other famous examples of moral panics include the 1955 Boise scandal, in which three cases of lewd conduct between men and teenaged boys, plus a noxious editorial, triggered a general war against homosexual men. In the early 1930's, the Federal Bureau of Narcotics (FBN) launched a public relations effort to have federal laws passed banning the use of marijuana; it was driven by a jurisdictional struggle between Harry Anslinger (FBN) and J. Edgar Hoover (FBI). The campaign was a success; it not only achieved the desired legislation, but created a wave of mass hysteria about the "threat" of marijuana.
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* Goode & Ben-Yehuda, *Moral Panics* (1994), p.12.
In the movie *Quadrophenia*, set in Brighton, UK in the late 1960's, a recurring theme was the contemporary moral panic over the clash between Mods and Rockers.
by Abu Yahya February 15, 2009