Definition of a pushbutton panic

pushbutton panic

noun

• anxiety experienced before making a phone call, especially to a member of the opposite sex.

  Dude, get over your pushbutton panic and just call her!

  • See more words with the same meaning: to become angry, go crazy, freak out.

  Last edited on Jun 11 1998. Submitted by Anonymous on Jun 11 1998.

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Other terms relating to 'to become angry, go crazy, freak out':
go nam	Definitions include: to freak out about something and go crazy.
wig out	Definitions include: Freaking out, going crazy, out of control.
wack jack	Definitions include: crazy.
ape sh*t	Definitions include: crazy.
go ape sh*t	Definitions include: become enraged; "freak out".
sketch	Definitions include: shortened form of sketchy.
tweak	Definitions include: to be under the influence of methamphetamine.
go off the deep end	Definitions include: to go crazy.
go postal	Definitions include: to perpetrate acts of premeditated violence.
hack off	Definitions include: to make a person angry.
conniption	Definitions include: a bad tantrum.
section 8	Definitions include: to go crazy
sh*t a brick	Definitions include: Couldn't believe it, or make a big deal.
crack	Definitions include: something that is so exceptionally good or fun it could be as addictive as crack (i.e. crack cocaine).
go around the bend	Definitions include: to go crazy.
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girls	Definitions include: breasts.
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stoked	Definitions include: excited or energized.
ex	Definitions include: a person with whom one is no longer in a relationship.
charity case	Definitions include: a person for whom one performs an action purely to be a nice person.
pain in the neck	Definitions include: a nuisance.

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