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rabbit-o mode

rabbit-o mode

9.9
A state of becoming very jumpy and worried when stressed
  • noun
  • Slang
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  • Whenever she faces a deadline, she switches to rabbit-o mode.

Examples

  • He tends to switch to rabbit-o mode when he feels overwhelmed at work.

  • He went into rabbit-o mode when he heard the loud noise.

  • The team went into rabbit-o mode just before the big presentation.

  • Whenever there’s a sudden loud noise, she goes into rabbit-o mode.

  • He tends to switch to rabbit-o mode when he feels overwhelmed at work.

  • The team went into rabbit-o mode just before the big presentation.

  • Whenever there’s a sudden loud noise, she goes into rabbit-o mode.

Synonyms

franticness
vsrabbit-o mode
1 6.0

A strong feeling of worry that makes people act very quickly

is a rising state of being overly alert and anxious instead of chaotic energy

Antonyms

calm
52 1.0

A quiet, peaceful feeling that helps you stay steady

How Anxious

panicked
16 4.6
rabbit-o mode
  • Slang
9.9
anxious
201 2.7
on edge
  • Informal
68 4.3
alert
82 2.8
calm
735 1.0

Surface Forms

rabbit-o mode singular
rabbit-o modes plural

Morphology

rabbit-o + mode

The nonstandard element 'rabbit-o' is not a transparent, dictionary-known constituent and its connection to the meaning 'overly alert/anxious' is unclear even if the learner knows 'rabbit' and 'mode'. The form looks slangy or nonce and lacks a predictable compositional pattern or cross-linguistic analogue, so a B1 learner would not reliably infer the idiomatic meaning from the parts.

Etymology

Rabbit-o mode may come from the image of a frightened rabbit with wide eyes and ears up, frozen and ready to run. That's why being in Rabbit-o mode means 'to be overly alert or anxious'.