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Helga Pataki Syndrome

Loving someone so much that you hate them with the same instensity because you're afraid of rejection so you cover up your true feelings with the opposite.
Helga: Arnold! What a do-goody geek, how I loathe him... and yet... (silly music plays and she starts blabbing some poetry that she wrote about him)
Helga Pataki syndrome
Helga Pataki Syndrome by snejana October 17, 2012
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Full-on Pata-chub 

A massive, throbbing chub brought on by experiencing Patagonia with any of the five senses.
Ben linked me to the M's Capilene 4 Expedition Weight 1/4-Zip Hoody; I was instantly at full-on Pata-chub.
Full-on Pata-chub by 1LSLS January 15, 2013

Patagucci 

Based on the brand Patagonia, a word used to describe their (arguably) overpriced clothing brand that is meant for outdoor activities, and is very useful and effective for such. Although many people still wear it for camping, hiking, and such, it has been largely taken over by people in Finance/Medicine/Computer Science who have recently landed high-paying jobs. Many companies also provide their jackets/vests or other clothing with their logos to their employees. Due to this, it has become a known unwritten uniform to many company's employees.
Example 1:

Man, I just got a bag of stuff for landing a job at (insert big finance firm/hospital/Tech Company)! Hmm, I got a folder with some brochures, some crappy pens, a yeti mug with the company logo on it, and a Patagucci vest. Time to wear it 24/7, at work or in public!
Patagucci by TriBeCaBoy56 May 20, 2021

pataphor 

An extended metaphor that creates its own context.

Created by Paul Avion and based on Alfred Jarry's science of 'pataphysics (the science of that which extends beyond metaphysics), a pataphor attempts to create a figure of speech that exists as far from metaphor as metaphor exists from non-figurative language.

Also, when an idea seems to take on a life of its own.

An assumption based on an assumption.

2 degrees of separation from reality.
"When the new teacher snubbed me, I thought it was because I failed the test.

When I learned the teacher hadn't seen me, I realized I had been thinking in pataphor, creating an assumption based on an assumption."

"That's all in your mind, fool; strictly pataphor."

"Because string theory is speculation based on ideas that are themselves speculative (i.e., theories of general relativity and quantum mechanics), quantum calculations are, increasingly, not describing an actual reality, but are mathematical pataphors." See also pataphysics.
pataphor by JBlum December 9, 2008

Sean Pataki 

Person 1: "Big Macintosh is Sean Pataki"
Person 2: "yyeeeppp"
Sean Pataki by Spikey Wikey September 19, 2012

Helga Pataki Syndrome

When a person does what Helga does to Arnold on the tv show β€œHey Arnold."
When a girl or guy says nasty hurtful things to someone; but the person that is saying the nasty things really likes the person that he/she is bullying.

β€œHey maybe that girl has the Helga Pataki Syndrome.”
Helga Pataki Syndrome by boc277 January 6, 2008