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tetrified 

to be overcome with fear as the Tetris blocks stack up higher and higher.
MJ: "Last night I was playing Tetris and I got to level 10 with 2 rows left and I was totally tetrified and I ended up losing."

Coco: "Lol noob"
tetrified by BA2theMAX October 29, 2008

tetrified 

1. (adj) The fear of not fitting in, being out of place.
2. (adj) The fear of not being able to get something to fit.
1. "I'm going to meet her parents tonight for the first time. They're from a completely different background, and I'm tetrified."
2. "I just spent $2400 on new furniture, and I'm tetrified I won't be able to get it up the stairs to the apartment."

Complete credit to JB (a.k.a 'Dal')
tetrified by UncoGirl January 5, 2008

tetrified 

The fear of potential embarrassment one feels when trying to carry a stack of items to the checkout.
"We should've gotten a cart, or at least a basket, I'm tetrified all these boxes we're carrying are going to end up on the floor."
tetrified by Neal L January 14, 2008

petrified 

(adjective) scared stiff, alarmed, stunned, startled, astonished.
Machine Shop rockin when we step inside, and we got everybody so petrified. -- M.Shinoda FortMinor, 'Petrified'
petrified by _N_r_chy September 28, 2005

tetricide 

Suicidal moves during the game of Tetris that purposely cause the falling shapes to get too high for any more rows to disappear. Game ends because pieces reach the top; a "death" is self-inflicted.
Damn it! This game is impossible to win; I have to commit tetricide.
tetricide by G. Thomas October 15, 2006

Naked and Petrified 

Naked and Petrified is an Internet-based troll meme, nowadays usually associated with Natalie Portman. It (apparently) first started out via comments on the SegFault website, and was used regarding Mae Ling Mak, a Linux magazine columnist. Its origins may lie in the Rocky Horror Show, where the heroes were turned into naked statues.

After comments were disabled on SegFault, N+P moved over to Slashdot where it mated with some Natalie Portman related trolls and appeared in its present form.

It is also closely associated with hot grits a la "Natalie Portman, naked and petrified and covered in hot grits". Articles written in late 2000 accuse the Portmanified meme of being played out, but it was still a favourite almost five years later. Even in 2007 it still pops up now and then.
"Natalie Portman, naked and petrified and covered in hot grits"
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