case of incarceritis
- noun
- /ˈkeɪs əv ɪnˈkɑːrkəˌraɪtɪs/
- Slang
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estado de estar atrapado
- She joked that she had a case of incarceritis during the endless seminar.
Examples
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Being stuck at home for days gave him a mild case of incarceritis.
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After two hours in traffic, I felt a serious case of incarceritis coming on.
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I feel like I'm in a case of incarceritis during this meeting.
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We are experiencing a serious case of incarceritis at work today.
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After two hours in traffic, I felt a serious case of incarceritis coming on.
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Being stuck at home for days gave him a mild case of incarceritis.
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She joked that she had a case of incarceritis during the endless seminar.
Synonyms
A feeling of wanting to move and being annoyed after being kept inside for a long time
Antonyms
How Trapped
Surface Forms
Morphology
case + of + incarceritis
The phrase follows the very common English pattern 'a case of + [condition]' (e.g., 'a case of flu'), so if a learner knows 'case', 'of' and the noun 'incarceritis' (given as 'discomfort from being confined too long'), the overall meaning is directly derivable as 'an instance of that feeling'. The morphological play in 'incarceritis' (incarcerate + -itis) may be novel, but it does not block comprehension when the constituent meanings are known.
Etymology
Case of incarceritis is a funny phrase that mixes incarcerate (the word meaning 'to put in prison') and the medical ending -itis (a word for an 'illness'). The image is like catching a small 'illness' of being locked in, so people use it to say they feel 'stuck', 'trapped', or 'bored'.