The "yips" is a set of conditions associated with having your nerves badly rattled. Can affect the performance of athletes and in the case of combat veterans is a symptom of PTSD(Post Traumatic Stress Disorder).
1) I got the yips and bogeyed the rest of the holes.
2) My post military career prospects aren't looking so good with a bad case of the combat yips and and drinking myself to sleep every night.
2) My post military career prospects aren't looking so good with a bad case of the combat yips and and drinking myself to sleep every night.
by james savik July 12, 2010
by Alex Snow November 29, 2007
a modern-day word for the drug ecstasy, used so that figures of authority won't know one has dropped.
by xoxogossipslut February 26, 2012
by a1288 January 27, 2007
A word use to 'leave' or 'exit' a scene or a place. Also means 'let's go' referenced after the TV show 'Avatar', Ang used this word to tell his bison to depart on their journey.
by Don Demarco...Bang Bang January 28, 2016
a sudden and unexplained loss of skills in experienced athletes. Some credit the yips to a loss of fine motor skills; others consider the condition to be primarily psychological, however it is poorly understood and has no known treatment or therapy. Athletes affected by the yips sometimes recover their ability, which may require a change in technique. Many are forced to abandon their sport at the highest level.
by YipsAwareness December 15, 2019