Describes the act of a person or animal being frozen in terror, e.g. a deer caught in the headlights.

Perhaps originally found in Richard Adams's novel 'Watership Down,' the term was also adopted by Stephen King for use in his novel 'The Stand.'

A negative term attributed to one who irritates his peers by acting excessively retarded.

"Used commonly in online video games that feature CHAT functions"

*ALSO: A synthesis of "Thread"and "Yarn"