Adj. Something that is expected to have a long lifespan by virtue of having existed for a long time, based on the lindy effect, named for the New York restaurant Lindy's, coined by Albert Goldman and popularized by Nassim Taleb.

to give someone "the needle", insulting and teasing someone which results in the person becoming irate and/or defensive, thus the person would have "the needle"

can be used with certain words to emphasise the effect of "the needle"
eg: triple needle
quad neelde
right needle