by TheRandomDownTheStreet79 October 18, 2017
The point where stress, anger, or some other emotion takes over, may result in insanity, suicide, murder, or mall/school shootings.
by Fuckoffistan January 18, 2008
The latest in a series of distressing but regularly tolerated events that gives rise to the first obvious sign of intolerance towards the offending party, usually in the form of a drastic decision or the offer of an ultimatum. May have come from shortening the idiom/expression "the straw that breaks the camel's back", relating the distress caused by the offending party to stacking straw on the back of a camel over time until it collapses under the weight.
After a series of non-explicit infarctions, Jimmy McGill loudly disturbing his coworkers with his bagpipes is the last straw that forces Cliff Main to fire him from his law firm without cause.
by WorstAnimu July 16, 2022
by Rookiehours1324 June 28, 2019