lose it

lose it (third-person singular simple present loses it, present participle losing it, simple past and past participle lost it)

loses it (present singular third-person)
losing it (participle present)
lost it (participle past)
lost it (past)

When my dad found out I had failed the exams, he just lost it.

(informal) To become explosively angry; to lose one's temper.

When she heard the news about her cousin's death, she lost it.

(informal) To feel devastated, or distraught, especially when one's sadness is overwhelming.

When the teacher's chair broke, the class completely lost it.

(informal) To begin to laugh uncontrollably.

To be overcome with emotion.
To begin to laugh uncontrollably.

(informal) To lose one's mind, go crazy.

To be overcome with emotion.
To lose one's mind, go crazy.

When you think about all she's done for the sport, it's kind of sad, but she's completely lost it over the past few years.

(informal) To cease to have a skill or ability, to lose one's touch, to be washed up.

Even then, she defended everything she had sought to achieve, saying she had “the right policies at the wrong time”. “That’s when I thought ‘she’s totally lost it’,” said a former aide.

2023 September 1, Aubrey Allegretti, “‘She’s totally lost it’: inside story of the unravelling of Liz Truss’s premiership”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:

(idiomatic) To lose control of a situation.


flip one's lid

en-verb

flip one's lid (third-person singular simple present flips one's lid, present participle flipping one's lid, simple past and past participle flipped one's lid)

flips one's lid (present singular third-person)
flipping one's lid (participle present)
flipped one's lid (participle past)
flipped one's lid (past)
flip the lid (alternative)

Originally an Americanism; from the analogy of a boiling pot explosively popping off its lid due to built-up internal pressure.

Wait, you'll see. Three hours on a night like this is enough to make you flip your lid.

1948, Norman Mailer, The Naked and the Dead, New York, Toronto: Rinehart & Company, page 113:

Drag him out your window / Dragging out the dead / Singing "I miss you" / Snakes and ladders / Flip the lid

2003, Radiohead, “A Wolf at the Door”, in Hail to the Thief, performed by Thom Yorke:

His parents flipped their lids when the two lovebugs got hitched. Jonnie couldn't stand the fact that her beautiful young son, gone so long over seas, had now tangled up with an older woman, and even worse, an older divorced woman […]

2009, Dee Kassabian, My Four Fathers and Other Short Stories, page 45:

(idiomatic, informal) To become explosively angry, to lose one's temper.


kick up

kick up (third-person singular simple present kicks up, present participle kicking up, simple past and past participle kicked up)

kicks up (present singular third-person)
kicking up (participle present)
kicked up (participle past)
kicked up (past)

He kicked up about it when they told him the train had been cancelled.

But, you have kicked up about that a few times. I've got used to it, though. What I am not used to is how you are now. Very quiet, philosophical, and acquiescent.

2005, Tony Gant, Sunrise Sandwiches, page 517:

(informal, intransitive) To show anger (about something).


bust a gasket

bust a gasket (third-person singular simple present busts a gasket, present participle busting a gasket, simple past and past participle busted a gasket or bust a gasket)

busts a gasket (present singular third-person)
busting a gasket (participle present)
busted a gasket (participle past)
busted a gasket (past)
bust a gasket (participle past)
bust a gasket (past)

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-bust a gasket.wav

If she finds out I'm investigating Eler, she'll bust a gasket.

2014, Dianne Post, Blood and Honor: A Mother’s Heritage, A Daughter’s Revenge:


vent one's spleen

vent one's spleen (third-person singular simple present vents one's spleen, present participle venting one's spleen, simple past and past participle vented one's spleen)

vents one's spleen (present singular third-person)
venting one's spleen (participle present)
vented one's spleen (participle past)
vented one's spleen (past)

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-vent one's spleen.wav

I know that this is vitriol, no-solution spleen-venting;
but I feel better having screamed, don't you?

1992 October 5, R.E.M., “Ignoreland”, in Automatic for the People:

To openly express pent-up anger, often on an unrelated matter or person.

seine schlechte Laune an jmdm. auslassen

срыва́ть злость (sryvátʹ zlostʹ) (на ком-либо/чём-либо, prepositional case)


drive someone up the wall

drive<,,drove,driven> someone up the wall

drive someone up the wall (third-person singular simple present drives someone up the wall, present participle driving someone up the wall, simple past drove someone up the wall, past participle driven someone up the wall)

drives someone up the wall (present singular third-person)
driving someone up the wall (participle present)
drove someone up the wall (past)
driven someone up the wall (participle past)

Her persistent nagging and constant bickering with me nearly drove me up the wall.

There is nothing and no one that's going to shut him up. That's what makes [Chris] Tucker funny. It's also what can drive you up the wall about him.

1998 September 18, Charles Taylor, “Hong Kong Hollywood”, in Salon, archived from the original on 2008-05-06:

(idiomatic) To make a person very angry or frustrated; to infuriate.


lose one's mind

lose one's mind (third-person singular simple present loses one's mind, present participle losing one's mind, simple past and past participle lost one's mind)

loses one's mind (present singular third-person)
losing one's mind (participle present)
lost one's mind (participle past)
lost one's mind (past)

(idiomatic) To become frustrated, angry.


cranked up

en-adj

cranked up (comparative more cranked up, superlative most cranked up)

more cranked up (comparative)
most cranked up (superlative)

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-cranked up.wav

Now, I mean this turkey was cranked up good. He had been gobbling at the slightest sound of my hen calls earlier.

1984, Ken Warner, Gun Digest, 1985, page 16:

She thought I'd had too much to drink, which, of course, I had. But now I felt cranked up and wide awake.

2009, Nellis Boyer, Hancock House, page 63:

Birdy especially got cranked up about home burial.

2013, Seedy Buckberry, A Windfall Homestead:

If I was cranked up on caffeine, it was harder to relax and get aroused.


red rag

Collins dictionaries has announced that the inclusion of 2,000 new words in its forthcoming new edition means that some of the dustier corners of its lexicon will have to be swept into the semantic dustbin. Farewell embranglement, recrement, fusby and numerous others. This will be a red rag to books bloggers everywhere.

2008 September 24, Lindesay Irvine, “Collins, we're lost for words: let's call your bluff”, in guardian.co.uk:

(figurative) Something that will enrage another particular person.

punainen vaate

something that will enrage another particular person


flip out

en-verb

flip out (third-person singular simple present flips out, present participle flipping out, simple past and past participle flipped out)

flips out (present singular third-person)
flipping out (participle present)
flipped out (participle past)
flipped out (past)

When I failed the test, I flipped out.

(intransitive, slang) To become very angry or upset.

surtar (optionally used with "com raiva")

The audience flipped out when he played his hit songs.

(intransitive, slang) To become overly excited, joyous or delighted.


do one's nut

do one's nut (third-person singular simple present does one's nut, present participle doing one's nut, simple past did one's nut, past participle done one's nut)

does one's nut (present singular third-person)
doing one's nut (participle present)
did one's nut (past)
done one's nut (participle past)

Mum did her nut after we stayed out all night without calling her.

(intransitive, slang) To become stridently angry, especially from worry.


grit one's teeth

grit one's teeth (third-person singular simple present grits one's teeth, present participle gritting one's teeth, simple past and past participle gritted one's teeth or (nonstandard) grit one's teeth)

grits one's teeth (present singular third-person)
gritting one's teeth (participle present)
gritted one's teeth (participle past)
gritted one's teeth (past)
grit one's teeth (nonstandard participle past)
grit one's teeth (nonstandard past)

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-grit one's teeth.wav

[Shield Knight] LOOKED WITH DREAD THROUGH THE EYES OF THE ENCHANTRESS. SHE WAS TRAPPED AGAIN! SHIELD KNIGHT GRIT HER TEETH. SHOVEL KNIGHT WOULDN'T GIVE UP, AND NEITHER WOULD SHE.

2019 December 10, Yacht Club Games, "Story" (Shield Knight), in Shovel Knight Showdown (version 4.1), Nintendo Switch, scene: ending

To clench one's teeth together tightly because of pain, anger, frustration, or self-assurance.


lose one's cool

lose one's cool (third-person singular simple present loses one's cool, present participle losing one's cool, simple past and past participle lost one's cool)

loses one's cool (present singular third-person)
losing one's cool (participle present)
lost one's cool (participle past)
lost one's cool (past)

But in his final singles match against Mandarino, the Menace lost his cool. Visibly rattled by noisy spectators, who chanted "Brasil! Bra-sil!" from the third set onward, he collapsed completely in the fifth set.

1966 November 18, “To the Ludicrous”, in Time:

The fiery femme fatale is notorious for losing her cool, and was once accused of hitting her secretary with a telephone and threatening to throw her from a moving car.

2006 April 28, Stefanie Cohen, “Naomi Campbell Accused of Attacking Maid in Fit Over Jeans”, in FOXNews.com, retrieved 2009-06-03:

(idiomatic) To become upset or disconcerted; to lose one's temper.


woodness

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-woodness.wav

From Middle English woodnesse, wodnesse, from Old English wōdnes, corresponding to wood (“mad, insane”) + -ness.

[…] This sodaine chaunge from feasting vnto fray
Might well be likened to the Sea: whych standing at a stay
The woodnesse of the windes makes rough by raising of the waue.

1567, Ovid, “The Fyft Booke”, in Arthur Golding, transl., The XV. Bookes of P. Ouidius Naso, Entytuled Metamorphosis, […], London: […] Willyam Seres […], →OCLC:

[…] with fell woodnes he effierced was,
And wilfully him throwing on the gras
Did beat and bounse his head and brest ful sore […].

1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto XI”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, page 567:


umbrageous

en-adj

umbrageous (comparative more umbrageous, superlative most umbrageous)

more umbrageous (comparative)
most umbrageous (superlative)

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-umbrageous.wav

From Middle French ombrageux, or from umbrage + -ous.

[…] What tho' his Forests wave / Umbrageous to the Gale, and Nature walks / In loose Luxuriance o'er his native Plains; / Those Forests wave, those Plains delight no more; / […]

1766 June 5, “An Exercise, containing a Dialogue, and two Odes, performed at the public Commencement in the College of Philadelphia, May 20, 1766”, in The Pennsylvania Gazette, page 2:

Not a single one of those "umbrageous trees," of which our Mayor declaimed so feelingly, has yet been planted; […] They should protest against his withdrawal from that station, until the banks of the Monongahela and Duquesne Way are once more covered with "umbrageous trees," […]

1838 June 9, “The City Improvement Candidate”, in The Daily Pittsburgh Gazette, page 2:

... without which the stem could not have supported its heavy and umbrageous top.

Rhodes gazed wistfully into the dense umbrageous tangle whence his host had disappeared.

1891, Mary Noailles Murfree, In the "Stranger People's" Country, Nebraska, published 2005, page 130:

Not far away was the bank of a canal, bordered by a magnificent avenue shaded by a double row of immense umbrageous trees.

1898, Garrett Putman Serviss, Edison’s Conquest of Mars:

A movement in the umbrageous undergrowth betrays the presence of something leaping from the ferns.

2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: A Natural History, page 52:


raging agreement

In fact, both are in raging agreement that passive defense is never appropriate.

1988, U.S. Army Command, General Staff College, Military review, Volume 68, page 75:

I think there is absolute raging agreement between the FAA and the NTSB on that matter.

2001, Subcommittee on Aviation of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Issues arising out of the Egypt Air [i.e. EgyptAir] crash, page 26:

Listeners' faces lighted up as they realized that they were, as a community mostly in raging agreement about the direction and outcome they desired

2003, David A. Schmaltz, The Blind Men and the Elephant: Mastering Project Work, page 115:

(rare) A state in which people are arguing despite having similar opinions.


flip one's wig

en-verb

flip one's wig (third-person singular simple present flips one's wig, present participle flipping one's wig, simple past and past participle flipped one's wig)

flips one's wig (present singular third-person)
flipping one's wig (participle present)
flipped one's wig (participle past)
flipped one's wig (past)

(idiomatic, informal) To become very angry.


bridle up

bridle up (third-person singular simple present bridles up, present participle bridling up, simple past and past participle bridled up)

bridles up (present singular third-person)
bridling up (participle present)
bridled up (participle past)
bridled up (past)

To show anger or indignation at something.


dust settles

I tried to make amends after the dust settled.

You should let the dust settle.

when the dust settles

(idiomatic) A heated, angry, or confused atmosphere calms down.


attery

en-adj

attery (comparative more attery, superlative most attery)

more attery (comparative)
most attery (superlative)
attry (alternative)
att'ry (alternative)
aitrie (alternative Scotland)
aittrie (alternative Scotland)
etri (alternative Scotland)

From Middle English attery, attry, attri, ætriȝ, from Old English ǣttriġ, ǣtriġ (“poisonous”), from Proto-Germanic *aitrīgaz (“poisonous”). Cognate with Dutch etterig (“purulent”), German eiterig (“purulent, festering”), Swedish ettrig (“poisonous”). By surface analysis, atter (“poison”) + -y.

surf

(of mood or disposition) Bad-tempered; spiteful; quarrelsome; peevish; angry; hot-headed


hangry

en-adj

hangry (comparative hangrier, superlative hangriest)

hangrier (comparative)
hangriest (superlative)

A monster was described as hangry, pronounced by the aythor as [aŋgri]. When asked whether it was angry or hungry, the author replied "Yes".

1994, Jean Harkins, Bridging Two Worlds:Aboriginal English and Crosscultural Understanding, page 162:

I also get really "hangry".

2005, L. R. Parenti, Durata Del Dramma: Life Of Drama, page 98:

We're not talking about the fast-food giants or smaller chains, such as Wimpy's, both of which turn up frequently in the stripmalls that dot the Trail. No matter how hungry -- or even hangry -- you and your fellow travellers are, eschew these places.

2008, “The Great Southern Ontario Burger Trail”, in National Post:

Seriously, somebody needs to give this toddler a bottle and put him down for a nap. That baby pitches a fit when he gets hangry.

2011, Chris Haire, “I'm tired of writing about Nikki Haley”, in Charleston City Paper:

2015, Amanda Salis, “The science behind being "Hangry"”, in CNN "The conversation":

Mission Control: "Get them pizza before they get hangry. Hungry and angry!"
Astronaut: "We're hangry! Hungry and angry!"

2016, “People Pleaser”, in The Powerpuff Girls:

You know this if you've ever been hangry. You go through your day without stopping to eat, and for a while it doesn't matter. Then your stomach starts sending signals to your brain that it's waiting.

2018, Jean Chatzky, Women with Money: The Judgment-Free Guide to Creating the Joyful, Less Stressed, Purposeful (and, Yes, Rich) Life You Deserve, page 11:

(slang) Hungry and angry, especially when the anger is induced by the hunger.


stabby

stabby (comparative stabbier, superlative stabbiest)

stabbier (comparative)
stabbiest (superlative)

This fool is starting to make me feel stabby. Coming back to one of his threads is like a scab you want to pick but you just know it will get infected, yet you feel oddly compelled to see just how much of a fool he has made of himself.

2001 March 18, "GROGtheNailer", “Re: HH2002: ReAd ThIs 3dO !!!”, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.sports (Usenet):

Some of the tasks can be a little difficult, and thus enjoyable, but all in all they left me feeling depressed and stabby (when you feel like stabbing someone).

2003, "NemeLynx", Rayman 3: Hoodlum Havoc review, XBoxAddict.com, 18 March 2003

(And now that I’ve done this, you’ll suddenly begin noticing – if you haven’t already – my evil molesting of grammar and inappropriate use of punctuation, and feel totally stabby whenever I make a really obvious mistake. But I’m not a real journalist! I’m just a small town girl, living in a lonely world!)

2008 November 20, Jess McGuire, “Nice Work, The Age!”, in Defamer Australia:

Letters and punctuation are nothing but code for our thoughts and ideas. Why then do I feel all stabby when I get a message that ends with three short marks: a colon, a hyphen and a parenthesis?

2009 November 30, Mary Elizabeth Williams, “Death to Smiley”, in Salon:

The alarm clock stung a bit more today. The lineup at the coffee drivethru was longer. You felt a little bit more stabby in the gridlocked traffic.

2010 January 9, Yukon Jack, “Back to the Daily Grind”, in Edmonton Sun:

Publishers, if you're not introducing significant new gameplay features, you shouldn't pretend to be releasing a brand-new game. It makes gamers stabby.

2010 January 29, Joe Rybicki, “Music games need to refocus, not reboot”, in Computer World:

In the 2007 article, "From the 'Things that make us stabby' files," Bitch editor/creative director Andi Zeisler briefly describes a Howard University student's thwarted attempts at getting a rape kit after visiting two different hospitals (Howard University and George Washington) and getting the D.C. police involved.

2010 April 12, Kelsey Wallace, “Rape: Still not an 'official crime,' still making us stabby”, in Bitch Magazine:

"The Pope Speaks Out Against Atheism", reported a couple of stabby blog links.
Shock horror! Next thing you'll be telling me that the Pope believes in God. Disgusting behaviour for a religious leader/world leader person (except when the Dalai Llama says it because he's cute like Yoda).

2010 September 20, CJ Lambert, “The Pope, Pedobear and Twitter”, in 3 News:

(slang, by extension) angry or irritated


fly into a rage

en-verb

fly into a rage (third-person singular simple present flies into a rage, present participle flying into a rage, simple past flew into a rage, past participle flown into a rage)

flies into a rage (present singular third-person)
flying into a rage (participle present)
flew into a rage (past)
flown into a rage (participle past)

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-fly into a rage.wav


nut out

nut out (third-person singular simple present nuts out, present participle nutting out, simple past and past participle nutted out)

nuts out (present singular third-person)
nutting out (participle present)
nutted out (participle past)
nutted out (past)

From nut (“(slang) crazy person”) + out.

There was also the Black political pimp syndrome where a few middle-class and bourgeois negroes got big off the people’s struggles, and then nutted out completely, joining forces with our enemies, as agents, messengers, sophisticated stool pigeons, professional confusers.

1981, Amiri Baraka, “Black America and the Afro-American Nation: The Urban Voice”, in Michael C. Jaye, Ann Chalmers Watts, editors, Literature & the American Urban Experience: Essays on the City and Literature, Manchester: Manchester University Press, →ISBN, page 156:

The day we found out George Jackson was murdered he nutted out. I was there, at Shirley Sutherland′s house in Beverly Hills, the afternoon we heard George Jackson was murdered, and he nutted out at this meeting, right there.

1994, Eric Cummins, “The Force of Imprisoned Words”, in The Rise and Fall of California’s Radical Prison Movement, Stanford, Calif.: Stanford University Press, →ISBN, page 254:

I tried not to think about clients who were in prison without appellate hopes or anything else left but years of time in front of them to nut out. I do what I can with each case but sometimes there is nothing that can be done.

2005, Michael Connelly, chapter 9, in The Lincoln Lawyer, New York, N.Y., Boston, Mass.: Little, Brown and Company, →ISBN, page 88:

have a few kangaroos loose in the top paddock

(intransitive, US, informal) To become crazy, especially with rage.


frabbit

en-adj

frabbit (comparative more frabbit, superlative most frabbit)

more frabbit (comparative)
most frabbit (superlative)

When last I went she was so frabbit with me, that I really thought she wished I'd keep away.


galsome

galsome (comparative more galsome, superlative most galsome)

more galsome (comparative)
most galsome (superlative)

galsome bitternesse

1633, Thomas Morton, A Discharge of Five Imputations of Mis-Allegations:


emboil

en-verb

emboil (third-person singular simple present emboils, present participle emboiling, simple past and past participle emboiled)

emboils (present singular third-person)
emboiling (participle present)
emboiled (participle past)
emboiled (past)

quench thy hot emboiling Wrath

1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto V”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:

(obsolete, intransitive) To boil with anger; to effervesce.

Emboyled, grieued, brent.

1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto XI”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:

(obsolete, transitive) To cause to boil with anger; to irritate; to chafe.


rageaholic

rageaholics (plural)
rageholic (alternative)

(slang) A person who feeds on expressing rage and aggression.


angriness

en-noun

angriness (usually uncountable, plural angrinesses)

angrinesses (plural)
angryness (alternative)

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-angriness.wav

From Middle English angrynes, angrinesse; equivalent to angry + -ness.


tempersome

en-adj

tempersome (comparative more tempersome, superlative most tempersome)

more tempersome (comparative)
most tempersome (superlative)

And now that it is so tempersome and cold you are always going out into the nastiness and getting wet or frozen every day.

1946, Mervyn Peake, Titus Groan, London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, →OCLC:

Virginia did not recover until early September, when she wrote that she was still cross and “tempersome”.

2016, Gordon Claridge, Ruth Pryor, Gwen Watkins, Sounds from the Bell Jar:

Characterised or marked by a temper; bad-tempered; temperamental; hotheaded; moody.


ing-bing

'What gets into you, Ned?' he complained. 'You go along fine for just so long and then for no reason at all you throw an ing-bing. I'll be a dirty so-and-so if I can make you out!'

1931, Dashiell Hammett, The Glass Key, Dell Publishing, published 1966, page 13:

‘Merle's at my apartment,’ I said. ‘She threw an ing-bing.’

1943, Raymond Chandler, The High Window, Penguin, published 2005, page 238:

‘He threw an ing-bing and I had to slug him,’ I explained to nobody in particular and started to dust myself down.

1949, James Hadley Chase, You Never Know with Women:


froth at the mouth

en-verb

froth at the mouth (third-person singular simple present froths at the mouth, present participle frothing at the mouth, simple past and past participle frothed at the mouth)

froths at the mouth (present singular third-person)
frothing at the mouth (participle present)
frothed at the mouth (participle past)
frothed at the mouth (past)

/ˈfɹɒθ ət ðə ˈmaʊθ/

/ˈfɹɔθ ət ðə ˈmaʊθ/

She was almost frothing at the mouth when she heard about the cost of the car repairs.

'Damn the Whitecoats!' cried Snitter, frothing at the mouth. 'Damn Annie, damn the policeman and the white bell-car! Damn you all, damn you! You've killed my master!'

1977, Richard Adams, “Friday the 15th October”, in The Plague Dogs, London: Allen Lane, →ISBN; republished Harmondsworth, Middlesex: Penguin Books in association with Rex Collings Ltd and Allen Lane, 1978, →ISBN, page 42:

(figurative) To rage, to vent one's anger.


ballyrag

ballyrag (third-person singular simple present ballyrags, present participle ballyragging, simple past and past participle ballyragged)

ballyrags (present singular third-person)
ballyragging (participle present)
ballyragged (participle past)
ballyragged (past)
bullyrag (alternative)

. . . the Duchess of Belmont, that ballyrags every one round her, like a tipsy old soldier.

1904, Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, chapter 29, in The House by the Church Yard:

"I remember you as a boy, Samuel," said Mrs. Hignett, "lamentably lacking in consideration for others and concentrated only on your selfish pleasures. . . ."
"Don't ballyrag the poor man," said Jane Hubbard.

1921, P. G. Wodehouse, chapter 16, in Three Men and a Maid:

(transitive) To harass, badger, taunt, or abuse verbally.


spit chips

spit chips (third-person singular simple present spits chips, present participle spitting chips, simple past and past participle spat chips or spit chips)

spits chips (present singular third-person)
spitting chips (participle present)
spat chips (participle past)
spat chips (past)
spit chips (participle past)
spit chips (past)


bazonkers

en-adj

bazonkers (comparative more bazonkers, superlative most bazonkers)

more bazonkers (comparative)
most bazonkers (superlative)

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-bazonkers.wav

Narrator: The crowd goes absolutely bazonkers!

2004, Brad Neely, Wizard People, Dear Reader:

(slang) Delirious with excitement or anger; nuts.


three-fisted

A Bajoran rushed past with an armful of phaser rifles, another with a box of hand phasers. God help me, thought O'Brien. I'm a lover, not a fighter! Husband, father, engineer, amateur magician, raconteur, and three-fisted drinker ... never a warrior!

1999, Dafydd ab Hugh, chapter 3, in Fallen Heroes [Star Trek: Deep Space Nine; 5], New York, N.Y.: Pocket Books:

Once a three-fisted drinker and smoker, Mr. [Clive] James, 75, was found to have leukemia in 2010, with the added complications on emphysema and kidney failure.

2014 October 31, Steven Erlanger, “A writer whose pen never rests, even facing death [print version: His pen never rests, even in face of death, International New York Times, 3 November 2014, p. 1]”, in The New York Times:

In three-fisted drinker: able to consume large quantities of liquor without ill effects; heavy (drinker); compare two-fisted drinker.


pop one's cork

en-verb

pop one's cork (third-person singular simple present pops one's cork, present participle popping one's cork, simple past and past participle popped one's cork)

pops one's cork (present singular third-person)
popping one's cork (participle present)
popped one's cork (participle past)
popped one's cork (past)

[S]he had given him a perfunctory jerkoff, not even taking his dick out of his pants, laughing as he popped his cork within moments.

2009, Robert Ferrigno, Heart of the Assassin, →ISBN, page 2:

(idiomatic, vulgar, of a man) To ejaculate.


mad as a meat axe

(Australia, simile, colloquial) Very irate; crazy with rage.


storm off

storm off (third-person singular simple present storms off, present participle storming off, simple past and past participle stormed off)

storms off (present singular third-person)
storming off (participle present)
stormed off (participle past)
stormed off (past)


hulk out

hulk out (third-person singular simple present hulks out, present participle hulking out, simple past and past participle hulked out)

hulks out (present singular third-person)
hulking out (participle present)
hulked out (participle past)
hulked out (past)

Jack Kirby
Marvel Comics Universe
Stan Lee

From Hulk, a fictional character, created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby for the Marvel Comics Universe, who gains superhuman strength when he becomes angry.

"Now," Mr. Gaunt said. "Let me give you a few directions, Ace. And remember what I said: I want you back by midnight. If you're not back by midnight, I will be unhappy. When I'm unhappy, I sometimes lose my temper. You wouldn't want to be around when that happens."
"Do you Hulk out?" Ace asked jestingly.

Alec Baldwin completely Hulked-out on a paparazzo this morning, after picking up a marriage license with his beautiful fiancé, Hilaria Thomas.

2012 June 19, “Alec Baldwin PUNCHES Paparazzo After Getting Marriage License!”, in PerezHilton, archived from the original on 2015-05-10:

Valencia—when she gets mad—she, like, hulks out.

2015 October 26, Rachel Bloom, Aline Brosh McKenna, I Hope Josh Comes to My Party! (Crazy Ex-Girlfriend), season 1, episode 3, spoken by Josh Chan (Vincent Rodriguez III), via The CW:

Our media is so punch-drunk from the 16-month Hindenburg explosion of Trump’s candidacy, they no longer notice how awful he is unless he hulks out on stage or grabs the foundational principles of our republic by the pussy.

2016 October 24, United Nations (Full Frontal with Samantha Bee), season 1, episode 27, Samantha Bee (actor):

(slang) To become enraged in an imposing or intimidating manner.

One of my best friends has hulked out his chest, triceps and shoulders exclusively with weighted push ups at my recommendation.

2012 January 10, Joshua Naterman, “Need Advice on Building Rounder Chest without Weights?”, in GymnasticBodies Forums:

You want to be in a permanent state of Hulking out, but chances are, if you’re reading this article, building bulk doesn’t come naturally.

2016 December 9, Rachael Schultz, “How to eat to bulk up”, in Men's Fitness:

A review of studies done on runners and strength training showed generally positive impacts and no negative consequences. You won’t hulk out or bulk up just fine-tune some lean muscle in ways that running alone can’t do.

2017 January 9, Molly Hurford, “Cross-Training Workouts Every Runner Should Try”, in MapMyRun, archived from the original on 2017-06-18:

To gain significant muscle mass from exercise.


storm out

storm out (third-person singular simple present storms out, present participle storming out, simple past and past participle stormed out)

storms out (present singular third-person)
storming out (participle present)
stormed out (participle past)
stormed out (past)

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-storm out.wav


arc up

arc up (third-person singular simple present arcs up, present participle arcing up, simple past and past participle arced up)

arcs up (present singular third-person)
arcing up (participle present)
arced up (participle past)
arced up (past)

Thought to be from electrical arcs created when starting/booting/arcing up an electrical device.

Tiger went, ‘Ooo! He's arcing up here, Annabelle.’

2002, Alex Miller, Journey to the Stone Country, Allen & Unwin, published 2003, page 316:

(Australia, slang, intransitive) To become upset or angry.


hate music

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-hate music.wav

Music that expresses destructive desires against a demographic.


feed the flames

feed the flames (third-person singular simple present feeds the flames, present participle feeding the flames, simple past and past participle fed the flames)

feeds the flames (present singular third-person)
feeding the flames (participle present)
fed the flames (participle past)
fed the flames (past)

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-feed the flames.wav

To provoke further a debate or controversy, a person's anger, etc.


butt-hurt

en-adj

butt-hurt (comparative more butt-hurt, superlative most butt-hurt)

more butt-hurt (comparative)
most butt-hurt (superlative)

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-butt-hurt.wav


broyges

Borrowed from Yiddish ברוגז (broyges), from Hebrew ברוגז \ בְּרֹגֶז (literally “in anger, with anger”).

der

ברוגז \ בְּרֹגֶז

broiges (alternative)
broigus (alternative)

Such amity is no small thing. The narrowing world of Yiddish theater has been bedeviled with one “broyges” — a cherished term for a falling out — after another

2010, Joseph Berger, “How to Say Theater in Yiddish? Two Ways”, in The New York Times:

[…] is unaware that Eli is in broyges with Peggy.

2011, Phineas Mollod, Jason Tesauro, The Modern Gentleman, 2nd Edition: A Guide to Essential Manners, Savvy, and Vice, Ten Speed Press, →ISBN, page 287:

Many stories were told about the Levinson-Mikhoels broyges (rivalry).

2016, Paul Goldberg, The Yid: A Novel, →ISBN, page 138:


road rager

road ragers (plural)
road-rager (alternative)

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-road rager.wav

When I told Jon I thought that he was a road rager, he replied, 'I'm not a road rager. Road ragers take an interest in their victims on the road. I don't!'

2002, Krystal Love, Blind to the Molesting Hands:


en-proverb

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-when you mess with the bull, you get the horns.wav

(informal) If you provoke someone dangerous, you can expect an aggressive reaction.

if you mess with the bull, you get the horns


get someone's Irish up

en-verb

get<,,got,got􂀿UK􂁀:gotten􂀿US􂁀> someone's Irish up

get someone's Irish up (third-person singular simple present gets someone's Irish up, present participle getting someone's Irish up, simple past got someone's Irish up, past participle (UK) got someone's Irish up or (US) gotten someone's Irish up)

gets someone's Irish up (present singular third-person)
getting someone's Irish up (participle present)
got someone's Irish up (past)
got someone's Irish up (UK participle past)
gotten someone's Irish up (US participle past)

From a supposed propensity of Irish people to be easily and severely angered.

"It's so crazy I've got to believe they're either paranoid or trying to get his Irish up so he will run [and split the anti-Carter vote in the primaries]. My guess is it's paranoia."

1979, David Garth, New York Magazine, page 14:

(potentially offensive) To anger or annoy someone.


go ham

go ham (third-person singular simple present goes ham, present participle going ham, simple past went ham, past participle gone ham)

goes ham (present singular third-person)
going ham (participle present)
went ham (past)
gone ham (participle past)
go HAM (alternative)
go H.A.M. (alternative)

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-go ham.wav

H.A.M.
Jay-Z
Kanye West
Soulja Boy
Urban Dictionary

Uncertain; the earliest use of the term in the idiomatic sense appears to be in the 2007 song "Go Ham on 'Em" by Soulja Boy (see quotation below), although isolated usage goes back earlier. "Ham" is often thought to be an acronym of "hard as a motherfucker" (with go ham then parsing as go hard as a motherfucker), although this may be a backronym. Alternatively, it could be a phonetic clipping of mayhem. The term was popularized by the 2011 song "H.A.M." by Jay-Z and Kanye West.

If you use her fabric scissors, she's going to go ham on you.

Go ham on em Soulja, go ham on 'em

2007, “Go Ham on 'Em” (0:12 from the start)performed by Soulja Boy:

I'm about to go HAM / Hard as a muthafucker, let these niggas know who I am

2011 August, Jay-Z and Kanye West, “H•A•M”, Watch the Throne, deluxe edition, Roc-A-Fella Records

“Clover went in. And she's so calm and gentle normally! I didn't expect her to go ham like that. Will Patricia's arm mend?”
“Not for a while.”
“Serves her right. She went ham on me for no reason.”
Angelo shrugged a shoulder. “She blames you for Marissa's state.”

2014, Makala Thomas, Count Angelo, page 157:

In between the guys in the crowd having to be told what was really good and now Ty acting like he owned her and her hustle, she went ham. “Main girl?” Kenya finally had enough of his ass. “Nigga, what? Please don't coach mines. You got me all fucked up in the game. Fall back and don't play yourself!”

2014, Ms. Michel Moore, Coldhearted & Crazy: Say U Promise I:

Note: All terms are idiomatic unless stated otherwise.

(intransitive, slang, originally African-American Vernacular, often with on) To enter an enraged and uncontrollable state; to go berserk.


anger balloon

(comics) A balloon with a jagged outline, containing words angrily screamed by a character.


spit fire

spit fire (third-person singular simple present spits fire, present participle spitting fire, simple past spat fire or spit fire, past participle spat fire)

spits fire (present singular third-person)
spitting fire (participle present)
spat fire (past)
spit fire (past)
spat fire (participle past)

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-spit fire.wav

Her pretty gray-blue eyes no longer spit fire.

2010, Christina Crooks, L.A. Caveman (battle of the sexes, office romance):

Her eyes spit fire, but she nodded, if a quick jerk of her head could be called a nod.

2012, Karen Kay, War Cloud's Passion, →ISBN, page 141:

It described her to a tee; from her fiery mane of red hair to her beautiful emerald eyes that spit fire when she was angry or frustrated.

2013, Julia Mills, Her Dragon To Slay, →ISBN:

(of eyes) To flash and reveal strong emotion.

Her motive is simple — “To spit fire into microphones that she might inspire a generation; to rekindle revolution through the power of revelation."

We spit fire, drink Coca-Cola, have dance parties, and are Big Brothers and Sisters.

Honey's was packed, but that didn't always mean you were gonna make a lot of money, 'cause fifty percent of the niggas wanted to see the pussy spit fire for a fucking dollar.

2015, T.N. Baker, Sheisty: Triple Crown Collection, →ISBN:

A bouquet of chaotic words salvaged from the unceasing winter storm that churns regularly in the seemingly quiet little mind of a seventeen-year-old idealist who loves to spit fire at the world when she’s feeling fussy.

2015, Jupiter Reed, Wrecking Rainbows: Bundles of Wayward Poetry, →ISBN:

To perform with skill and energy, especially when reciting poetry or rapping.


spit fire

His intention was to steal cattle all the way to Mexico but the vivid memory of that spit fire's lips altered his plans.

2011, Sue Robinett, Shana; Legend of Mah-cou-ah Her-moomch Eh Tivo (woman Walks Like a Man), →ISBN:

Oh yes Ms. Bobbyjean was a spit fire alright.

2012, C. L. Ellis, Hussy, →ISBN, page 201:

Her name is Marisol who lives in Spain, a spit fire of a gal, pretty as a daisy to say the least who loves to entertain her friends and has become with no fault of her own the mother/ house nanny to her family of four men, her father, and her three brothers.

2013, Jimmy Correa, How My Prank Stories In Social Media Web Sites Got Me Committed In The Psychiatric Ward At Bellevue Hospital., →ISBN, page 59:

That's why," he said, holding up his knife so they could see it gleam in the light of the spit fire, "cutting with my method actually sharpens my knife.

1982, Ted Mancuso, Frank Hill, Kung Fu for Young People: An Introduction to Karate and Kung Fu, →ISBN:

Karl and the boys snared all sorts of birds to cook on the spit fire — buntings and starlings, wild geese, mallards, and pigeons.

2007, Constance Leeds, The Silver Cup, →ISBN, page 17:

They positioned their fires upwind of Nathanial so as to ensure he smelt the food cooking on the open spit fires.

2014, John Gearing, The Journeyman Sagas: The Quest for Fallenjour, →ISBN:


zowerswopped

en-adj

zowerswopped (comparative more zowerswopped, superlative most zowerswopped)

more zowerswopped (comparative)
most zowerswopped (superlative)
zowerzapped (alternative)
zower-zapped (alternative)

A dialectal form of sour-sapped (literally “being sour or foul-tempered to the core or marrow”).

"Did he understand you?" said Campbell. "O yes, for he called out to his men in Dutchified French, and looked at me zowerswopped enough.[…]"

1834, John Brent, chapter XIX, in Leitch Ritchie, editor, The Sea-Wolf. A Romance of “The Free Traders.” (The Library of Romance; XI), London: Smith, Elder and Co., →OCLC, page 185:

I'm even more zowerswopped because I don't know for sure yet if I'm heavy-footed.

1993, Susan Kelz Sperling, Lost Words of Love, New York, N.Y.: C. Potter, →ISBN, page 50:

Who hasn't felt zowerswopped to find one's mailbox pragged with junk mail?

1993 April 27, The Commercial Appeal, Memphis, Tenn.: Gannett Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, page C1:

(West Country, Exmoor) Synonym of bad-tempered.


go nuclear

en-verb

go nuclear (third-person singular simple present goes nuclear, present participle going nuclear, simple past went nuclear, past participle gone nuclear)

goes nuclear (present singular third-person)
going nuclear (participle present)
went nuclear (past)
gone nuclear (participle past)

“We cut the show short, and the brothers went nuclear on me afterward,” said Sammy. “They crucified me for that."

2011, Kevin Dodds, Edward Van Halen: A Definitive Biography, →ISBN, page 150:

He snickered. Janelle was going nuclear. “Why didn't you tell me?” she shouted.

2015, James Patterson, NYPD Red 3, →ISBN:

There's barely a week that goes by without me going nuclear about something or other to do with middle age as portrayed in the media.

2015, Helen Walmsley-Johnson, The Invisible Woman: Taking on the Vintage Years, →ISBN:

(figurative) To throw a fit; To become enraged with an angry outburst.


storm in

storm in (third-person singular simple present storms in, present participle storming in, simple past and past participle stormed in)

storms in (present singular third-person)
storming in (participle present)
stormed in (participle past)
stormed in (past)

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-storm in.wav


deaggressivization

(psychoanalysis) Neutralising the urges of aggression.


boo hiss

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-boo hiss.wav

Where American Jewish men contend with stereotypes of being oversexed, needy, nebbishy and neurotic (like Woody Allen, boo hiss), Jewish women are cast as withholding, bossy, exotic, and materialistic (like Fran Drescher, which honestly? Goals).

2019, Fancy Feast, “On Being a Fetish”, in Jewish Currents, number Summer 2019:

An expression of disagreement, outrage, or frustration.


glimflashy

en-adj

glimflashy (comparative more glimflashy, superlative most glimflashy)

more glimflashy (comparative)
most glimflashy (superlative)
glim-flashy (alternative)
glimflashey (alternative)
glimflashly (alternative)
glimflushly (alternative)

17th century. First attested in Elisha Coles' An English Dictionary (1676). From glim (“eye”) + flashy (“flashing”). Figurative of someone's eyes flashing with anger.

"What ho, my kiddy!" cried Job, "don't be glimflashy; why you'd cry beef on a blater; the cove is a bob cull, and a pal of my own; and moreover, is as pretty a Tyburn blossom as ever was brought up to ride a horse foaled by an acorn."

1828, Edward Bulwer-Lytton, chapter 82, in Pelham: or The Adventures of a Gentleman, page 385:

"Glimflashy, he was, saying we was all dicked in the nob or else we should be bummed, laced up in darbies, and tossed in the bilboes. Oh, gloomy hour—what a brangle."

1985, Kasey Michaels, The Savage Miss Saxon (Alphabet Regency Romance; 5):

"Dewhurst gone all glimflashy on me."¶ Pete took a long glug of his beer. "What's he mad about?"

2014, Elizabeth Boyce, Honor Among Thieves (The Honorables; 1):


parental alienation

The coercion of a child into behaving in a hostile or fearful manner toward one of the parents.


face like thunder

en-noun

face like thunder (plural faces like thunder)

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-face like thunder.wav

Half an hour later when dad and I ventured into the lounge, mum glaring at us with a face like thunder, Kim was lying contentedly next to Armalade in front of the fire, a real con merchant if ever there was one, basking in all the attention.

2011, Maggie Graham, Me and My Animals, →ISBN, page 80:

A face showing great anger or sullenness.


mad on

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-mad on.wav

Walking mail men are fair game for animals, kids and any one with a mad on for the Post Oflice.

2009, W. A. Franklin "Dub", Dining with Dub, →ISBN, page 36:

And Ben was always hard to talk with when he had himself a mad on.

2014, Penelope Williamson, The Outsider, →ISBN, page 109:

You've had a mad on at me since we met.

2015, Zachary Klein, Two Way Toll, →ISBN:

A state of anger and resentment toward someone or something.


frumious

en-adj

frumious (comparative more frumious, superlative most frumious)

more frumious (comparative)
most frumious (superlative)

Blend of fuming + furious, coined by Lewis Carroll in the poem Jabberwocky (1871).


chap someone's hide

en-verb

chap someone's hide (third-person singular simple present chaps someone's hide, present participle chapping someone's hide, simple past and past participle chapped someone's hide)

chaps someone's hide (present singular third-person)
chapping someone's hide (participle present)
chapped someone's hide (participle past)
chapped someone's hide (past)
chap someone's ass (alternative)

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-chap someone's hide.wav

get on someone's nerves
get on someone's nerves

(colloquial) To annoy someone; get on someone's nerves.


spit tacks

spit tacks (third-person singular simple present spits tacks, present participle spitting tacks, simple past and past participle spat tacks or spit tacks)

spits tacks (present singular third-person)
spitting tacks (participle present)
spat tacks (participle past)
spat tacks (past)
spit tacks (participle past)
spit tacks (past)

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-spit tacks.wav

(slang, New Zealand, Australia, intransitive) To be angry.


passive-aggressiveness

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-passive-aggressiveness.wav

The quality of being passive-aggressive.


blood-boiling

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-blood-boiling.wav

Just as our combined anticipation was starting to build to a blood-boiling crescendo, the swell lines disappeared from underneath us, intercepted by the coastline of approaching islands to our north.

2005, Tom Anderson, Riding the Magic Carpet: A Surfer's Odyssey in Search of the Perfect Wave, →ISBN:

The bearded Russian sage who inspired both Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King couldn't resist a blood-boiling bayonet fight, or a good duel with an old writer friend who had insulted him.

2015, Andrew Kaufman, Give War and Peace a Chance: Tolstoyan Wisdom for Troubled Times, →ISBN, page 6:


red flag in front of a bull

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-red flag in front of a bull.wav

A metaphor for the muleta used by bullfighters.

That message always acted like a red flag to a bull and they charged in, determined to hog-tie him and put a wedding ring through his nose.

2007, Georgina Gentry, To Love a Texan, page 63:

Of course his complicated financial dealings must have been a direct provocation to the IRS, a red flag in front of a bull.

2008, John Calvert, Another Sort of Life:

To a committed individualist such as Norton, this was truly a case of “waving a red flag at a bull,” and although there was undeniably a certain amount of overblown and probably mock-offended rhetoric in her response, equally there is no doubt that many of the objections she raised were her sincerely held opinions

2012, Henrik Bogdan, Martin P. Starr, Aleister Crowley and Western Esotericism:

Yes, his mocking stung, but he hadn't cowed her; he'd just waved a red flag in front of a bull.

red rag to a bull
red rag to a bull#English


mad as a wet hen

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-mad as a wet hen.wav

My stars! He was mad; mad as a wet hen. He was so mad he looked, as big as he was, to be actually swelled.

1899, Ferdinand Eugene Daniel, “The Doctor Puts Up a Job on the Major”, in Recollections of a Rebel Surgeon:

(US, colloquial, simile) Very angry; furious.


the knives are out

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-the knives are out.wav

(informal, chiefly UK) People are angry.


pouncy

en-adj

pouncy (comparative pouncier, superlative pounciest)

pouncier (comparative)
pounciest (superlative)

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-pouncy.wav


ragebait

en-noun

ragebait (countable and uncountable, plural ragebaits)

ragebaits (plural)
rage-bait (alternative)
rage bait (alternative)

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-ragebait.wav

From rage + -bait (“manipulation to elicit a particular response”). Compare rage farm.

af

-bait<t:manipulation to elicit a particular response>

Even before I spoke with the political scientists, Nerst contended that a better understanding of today’s online argumentation would help people cope with its excesses. “Most people really are tired of shouting matches and want more nuance (according to surveys etc.),” he wrote to me, “and I hope we will develop some cultural immunity towards ragebait and hyperzealotry soon. […]”

2019 April 7, Jesse Singal, “The New Science of How to Argue—Constructively”, in The Atlantic:

Donald Trump and Republicans understand this potent combination of content creation and shamelessness. Whether it’s weekend tweets by the president or Rudy Giuliani’s constant availability to journalists and Fox News hosts, Trumpists flood the zone with misinformation or ragebait.

2019 November 1, Charlie Warzel, “Can Democrats Compete With Trump’s Twitter Feed?”, in The New York Times:

Beware ragebait, social media that traffic in fear. Does that Facebook post make your blood boil? Or does it make you fearful of the future? Those are two of the reddest flags out there. But there are more.

2019 December 12, Jessica Guynn, “Facebook disinformation in the 2020 presidential election: What you can do to stop its spread”, in USA Today:

On any given day, those who get their news from the loudest voices on the right—Sean Hannity, Rush Limbaugh, Breitbart News—are bombarded with partisan propaganda, conspiracy theories, and cynical rage-bait.

2020 January 31, McKay Coppins, “The Conservatives Trying to Ditch Fake News”, in The Atlantic:

The whole thing sounds Trumpian because it is. The Trump campaign was unabashed in 2016 and beyond about its plan to “flood the zone” with garbage or ragebait. The strategy worked in part because it engaged and energized his base.

2020 February 13, Charlie Warzel, “Mike Bloomberg Is Hacking Your Attention”, in The New York Times:

So what, precisely, is the new Trump campaign leadership going to do differently? Is there some brilliant stratagem just waiting to be discovered and executed? ¶ Of course not. They’ll keep pumping out those Facebook ads, which will bombard voters who already support him with endless ragebait.

2020 July 16, Paul Waldman, “Trump reshuffles his campaign. If only he could reshuffle himself.”, in The Washington Post:

(Internet) Content that intentionally provokes anger or fear in order to increase viewership or interaction.

carnada enfureciente

content that provokes anger in order to increase interaction


ragebait

en-verb

ragebait (third-person singular simple present ragebaits, present participle ragebaiting, simple past and past participle ragebaited)

ragebaits (present singular third-person)
ragebaiting (participle present)
ragebaited (participle past)
ragebaited (past)
rage-bait (alternative)
rage bait (alternative)

(Internet) To produce content that provokes anger or fear in order to increase viewership or interaction.


misopogon

/ˌmɪsəˈpəʊɡɒn/

Borrowed from Ancient Greek μισοπώγων (misopṓgōn, “somebody who hates beards”), which is incidentally the title of a book by Emperor Julian, from μῖσος (mîsos, “hatred”) + πώγων (pṓgōn, “beard”).

affix

(rare) A person with hate or contempt for beards.

(figurative, literary) by extension, contempt of philosophers and associated paraphernalia (wisdom, the philosopher's beard, etc.)


unenraged

en-adj

unenraged (comparative more unenraged, superlative most unenraged)

more unenraged (comparative)
most unenraged (superlative)

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-unenraged.wav


heat of passion

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-heat of passion.wav

(law) An outburst of anger that leads one to commit a criminal act, and is itself influenced by preceding events that might cause a reasonable person to lose self control.


get someone's shirt out

en-verb

get<,,got,got:gotten> someone's shirt out

get someone's shirt out (third-person singular simple present gets someone's shirt out, present participle getting someone's shirt out, simple past got someone's shirt out, past participle got someone's shirt out or gotten someone's shirt out)

gets someone's shirt out (present singular third-person)
getting someone's shirt out (participle present)
got someone's shirt out (past)
got someone's shirt out (participle past)
gotten someone's shirt out (participle past)

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-get someone's shirt out.wav

You've got his shirt out somehow, Honeybun; he'll do you a mischief. What did you say?

1876, Arthur Griffiths, Lola: a Tale of the Rock, volume 1, page 19:


bitchcakes

en-adj

bitchcakes (comparative more bitchcakes, superlative most bitchcakes)

more bitchcakes (comparative)
most bitchcakes (superlative)

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-bitchcakes.wav

Dad was totally flipping and pissed and bitchcakes, he didn't want no grandkid, especially no half spook […]

2009, Charles Bock, Beautiful Children, page 207:

"Artists are bitchcakes anyway."
"My brother's girlfriend? She used to cut herself."

2010, Melanie Sumner, The Ghost of Milagro Creek, page 71:

I almost screamed something nasty at them because inside I was totally bitchcakes that everyone was leaving and no one was going to help.

2014, Chris Bohjalian, Close Your Eyes, Hold Hands, unnumbered page:

(US, slang, vulgar) Aggressive, unhinged, crazy.


aflap

1977, Niel Hancock, Calix Stay, New York: Fawcett Popular Library, p. 93,
“First he says we isn’t welcome, then he’s all aflap cause some of us is gone.”

1994, Bernice Morgan, Waiting for Time, St. John’s, NL: Breakwater, Part 1, Chapter 4, p. 53,
[…] people are barely over our givin’ that extra quota of cod to the French, now they’re all aflap about selling spawny caplin to the Japanese […]

(colloquial) Showing excessive excitement or anger.


lose control

en-verb

lose control (third-person singular simple present loses control, present participle losing control, simple past and past participle lost control)

loses control (present singular third-person)
losing control (participle present)
lost control (participle past)
lost control (past)

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-lose control.wav

When he said that she lost control, and punched him in the nose.

(set phrase) To become unable to control one's emotions or actions; to abandon rationality or reason.


foul-tempered

en-adj

foul-tempered (comparative more foul-tempered or fouler-tempered, superlative most foul-tempered or foulest-tempered)

more foul-tempered (comparative)
fouler-tempered (comparative)
most foul-tempered (superlative)
foulest-tempered (superlative)

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-foul-tempered.wav


buttsore

buttsore (comparative more buttsore, superlative most buttsore)

more buttsore (comparative)
most buttsore (superlative)

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-buttsore.wav

My dad was pretty buttsore that I took the money out of my college fund, but when I explained that it would fold into the purchase price, he recognized that business smarts runs in our family.

2010, Elizabeth Davis, “Almost Famous” (33:43 from the start), in Castle, season 3, episode 7, spoken by Bella Lombardo (Adriana DeMeo):

Chimpy wants Yet Another Colossal SPNAK! ?
Just how many do I need to give the buttsore little loser before he admits the tears streaming down his face are spank-related?

2014 January 17, [Tor] Friendly Neighborhood Vote Wrangler Emeritus, “Re: So it's true.”, in alt.cesium (Usenet), retrieved 2022-06-25:

Don't get "buttsore" that I don't wait for an intelligent reply from you.

2017 June 22, jillery, “The Creationist minority”, in talk.origins (Usenet), retrieved 2022-06-22:

(slang, derogatory) Overly annoyed or upset.


rage farm

en-verb

rage farm (third-person singular simple present rage farms, present participle rage farming, simple past and past participle rage farmed)

rage farms (present singular third-person)
rage farming (participle present)
rage farmed (participle past)
rage farmed (past)
rage-farm (alternative)

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-rage farm.wav

From rage + farm (systematically manipulating others into giving a particular response). Compare ragebait.

compound

You are being rage farmed. Your angry quote tweet = the goal.

2022 January 7, John Scott-Railton, Twitter:

Mr O'Toole is not a dumb man, which means he must know how bad this argument is. It's just rage farming by — and probably for the benefit of — his social media team. The Conservative Party is increasingly indistinguishable from a facebook group. #cdnpoli

Rage farming is the product of a perfect storm of f***, an unholy mélange of algorithms and anxiety

2022 January 12, Molly Jang-Fast, “Owning the Libs Is the Only GOP Platform: and "rage farming" is their most cynical tactic”, in The Atlantic:

Someone just asked “why do politicians keep trolling on Twitter?” Because their rage-farming is so extraordinarily effective; that’s why.

2022 January 27, @JustinRosenth11, Twitter:

Don't fall for this juvenile rage farming this time

2022 February 7, Steven Monacelli, Twitter:

When we come across something online that is so outrageous that we can't help but respond, we may be falling into the Rage Farming trap...Rage farmers don't care that people hate them...Rage Farming is a manipulative trick that all types of scammers use to go viral. Manipulators use the Read, Anger, Response cycle to rile us up.

Rage farming is a slang term for the political tactic of intentionally provoking political opponents in order to create or increase exposure for one’s group or cause. The tactic is especially associated with conservative and far-right political groups.

2022 March 13, Dictionary.com, Dictionary.com:

Tumblr never left and remains the only Social media site I know of that doesn't feed you algorithmic click farming rage. It's just who you follow ordered by the time they posted.

@thasnarkknight @TheCriticalDri2 Nah I’m pretty sure it's just a meaningless buzzword used by rage farming YouTubers.

I think it's simple. The GOP are successful in the U.S. It's basically tyranny by minority. Our system isn't as flawed. However, culture wars, victimization, white nationalism, rage farming, and hate bring in money and votes. PP/CPC are just following the GOP strategy book.

2022 August 11, @MyNameI89349435, Twitter:

A political scientist told The Tyee he expects aggressive attacks on politicians to increase in Canada as right-wing politicians continue to engage in "rage farming" by advancing false and misleading conspiracy narratives.

2022 August 27, Charles Rusnell, “The Attack on Freeland Sprouts from 'Rage Farming'”, in The Tyee:

This is the problem—well, one of them—with the rage farming that is consuming the modern conservative movement...InfoWars founder Alex Jones was making as much as $800,000 a day peddling conspiracy theories, misinformation, and other forms of rage-farming fertilizer

2022 August 28, Max Fawcett, The National Observer:

It's at the point where it isn't safe for anyone who's not on the far right of the political spectrum. Threats, intimidation, character assassination, lies, & conspiracy theories are encouraged by RW politicians engaging in rage farming. Much of the time, the MSM just ignores it.

2022 August 29, @janetwagner21, Twitter:

cynical politicians and right-wing media trolls continue to rage farm.

2022 September 1, David Moscrop, The Washington Post:

@DuaneBratt @leaderpost Scott Moe, the UCP and Poilievre are copying MAGA rage farming. We know and they know exactly where that leads in both countries

A thought: I'm not a member of any political party, but I am thinking of accumulating amounts to donate to the federal Libs & the AB NDP every time I see an anti-Trudeau hashtag trending, every time @PierrePoilievre or @ABDanielleSmith posts misleading info or rage farming BS,

@DennisKendel Another example of Cons rage farming. I for one am happy that someone is taking seriously water safety. Imagine the outrage if people not on reserves ended up with water boil advisories. Who would get the blame then? MAGA Light attacking federal agencies. Sound familiar?

@roulinski Rage Farming I wonder if the bug idea is Russian or Koch?

(Internet, derogatory) To publish false and misleading content to intentionally increase online interaction.


bex

en-adj

bex (comparative more bex, superlative most bex)

more bex (comparative)
most bex (superlative)

Benquenos are bex about an oil spill caused by Westline bus.

2021 October 12, “Benquenos Bex About Oil Spill”, in 7 News Belize:


self-hate

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-self-hate.wav


clench one's fists

en-verb

clench one's fists (third-person singular simple present clenches one's fists, present participle clenching one's fists, simple past and past participle clenched one's fists)

clenches one's fists (present singular third-person)
clenching one's fists (participle present)
clenched one's fists (participle past)
clenched one's fists (past)

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-clench one's fists.wav

To clench one's fists tightly because of anger.


blow one's wig

blow one's wig (third-person singular simple present blows one's wig, present participle blowing one's wig, simple past blew one's wig, past participle blown one's wig)

blows one's wig (present singular third-person)
blowing one's wig (participle present)
blew one's wig (past)
blown one's wig (participle past)

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-blow one's wig.wav


sangry

en-adj

sangry (comparative more sangry, superlative most sangry)

more sangry (comparative)
most sangry (superlative)

(slang, rare, nonce word) Both sad and angry.