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Tipping Point 

The point at which waiting staff in a restaurant lose out on their tip, through bad manners, bad food or forgetting about you entirely.
"I've been waiting ages for my boiled goose, the service in here is appalling!"

"The tipping point came earlier when they spilt my champagne"
Tipping Point by Earlchristo November 6, 2013
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tipping point 

In sociology, the tipping point is the moment when something unique in society becomes commonplace. Also known as the angle of repose.
The phrase was coined by political scientist Morton Grodzins. A book was written (and published in 2000) on such dramatic moments by Malcolm Gladwell.

Also, the title of (the Philladelphia hip-hop group) the Roots' 2004 album. The album recieved two Grammy nominations and debuted at #4 on Billboard album chart.
The Tipping Point
The rains have saturated the grounds upon which they exist
40 days and 40 nights, musical mediocrity
Filling every crack of our space, no more
The kids have been packed to the tops of their lives
With hypnotic donkey rhythms
Believe that the sun will appear
On this 41st day and the dove will bring word
that art has not been drowned and life music
Will thrust its branches up from the mud of wackness
And begin to strangle the cousins of milli, vanilli
With mines of music, the Tipping point
The sounds have changed, the whispers of where we began
Invade out nostrils, like the smell of historys future
The not quite art supernova today
So make us give you more and we will
The Tipping Point

The Roots ~ Pointro (The Tipping Point)
tipping point by tumbleweed ngt July 25, 2008

Tipping Point 

That point in the night when you and all your friends are debating, "go home and sleep", or "more shots?!"
"We just hit it...the tipping point...what are we gonna do fam?"
Tipping Point by ElSenorDuke August 27, 2014

tipping point 

In sociology, the tipping point is the moment when something unique in society becomes commonplace. Also known as the angle of repose.
The phrase was coined by political scientist Morton Grodzins. A book was written (and published in 2000) on such dramatic moments by Malcolm Gladwell.

Also, the title of (the Philladelphia hip-hop group) the Roots' 2004 album. The album recieved two Grammy nominations and debuted at #4 on Billboard album chart.
The Tipping Point
The rains have saturated the grounds upon which they exist
40 days and 40 nights, musical mediocrity
Filling every crack of our space, no more
The kids have been packed to the tops of their lives
With hypnotic donkey rhythms
Believe that the sun will appear
On this 41st day and the dove will bring word
that art has not been drowned and life music
Will thrust its branches up from the mud of wackness
And begin to strangle the cousins of milli, vanilli
With mines of music, the Tipping point
The sounds have changed, the whispers of where we began
Invade out nostrils, like the smell of historys future
The not quite art supernova today
So make us give you more and we will
The Tipping Point

The Roots ~ Pointro (The Tipping Point)
tipping point by tumbleweed ngt July 28, 2008

tipping point 

In sports (typically: snowboarding) the moment that your level surpasses any previous levels (that you reached in earlier seasons).

Normally, it takes a number of slopes to get your grip again, and then, after your tipping point, you’re better than ever before.
Today I reached my tipping point. I’m a better snowboarder than I was at the end of my previous snowboarding holiday.
tipping point by leapyearbaby January 27, 2023

The Tipping Point

1) A wildly popular book by Malcolm Gladwell
2) The point at which you fall over from drinking too much.
"I've gotta stop drinking. I have reached 'The Tipping Point'."
The Tipping Point by RoddickRemixed October 20, 2007

The Tipping Point

The Tipping Point is when a person realizes they are more than halfway through a class they despise. This is usually accompanied by a sense of elation. Bonus points if it's the last class of the day, or if it's before a break or fun activity.
John: "Oh shit, it's 2:40, we're at The Tipping Point!!"
Dave: "Fuck yeah, only 35 minutes left in class!!"
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