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What is distress?
A internet celebrity whore who fails at reviewing trailers (basically commercials) for movies.
Also can be used to describe someone who is excessively nitpicky about the most pointless and uneventful reasons in a jarring, loud and irritating voice and rants about said insignificance for multiple times longer than the duration of said act.
Dude, stop being a Distressed Watcher, complaining about the 3 second rising sun in that movie trailer, for the last 10 minutes. It's not a big deal and you're not funny!
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distress - video
Distress - what is it?
A usually beautiful, virginal, virtuous, and hopelessly passive young woman constantly in need of rescue by the dashing hero. She is portrayed as rather asexual and usually a foil for the assertive but dangerously seductive femme fatale.
While the damsel in distress makes appearances in many folk stories dating back to Antiquity and features in a few fairy tales, this passive heroine does not seem to make regular appearances until the Victorian era; the Middle Ages were idealized as a time of pre-industrial innocence and the Victorians projected their ideals of men and women onto their Medieval ancestors; the Industrial Revolution was in full swing and women, displaced from farms and entering the middle class, lost some autonomy over their lives and became more ornamental, more dependent on their husbands.
Damsels in distress are often shown tied to railroad tracks, to sawmill conveyor belts, or offered as sacrifice to a dragon (or King Kong) until her knight in shining armor arrives to save her in the nick of time.
A damsel in distress would not have fared well in Medieval Europe. Generally, European women in the Middle Ages were not expected to be these timid shrinking violets; Christina of Markyate (who resisted a forced marriage and followed her dream of becoming a holy woman), Marjorie of Carrick, Christine de Pisan (a proto-feminist of sorts), Margery Kempe (another mystic), and Nicola de la Haye (led her castle against a siege in her 60s) are just a few of examples of women who took the reins in their own lives.
Women of that time and place were in danger of abduction, especially if they were wealthy... but it was preferable to a loveless marriage. The average "knight in shining armor" was a mix of professional assassin and local rapist, so the damsel often arranged to be kidnapped by her preferred suitor or even do the abducting herself:
Marjorie of Carrick (c. 1253-1292) was a countess in her own right, but was married young to an older husband who died in the Crusades in 1271; she was informed of this by her husband's handsome young companion, Robert de Brus. Marjorie, out hunting at the time and far from upset by the news, was so taken by his beauty that she took him back to her castle and held him captive until he agreed to marry her; she must have done something right, because they were married within days. The second of their eleven children was Robert the Bruce himself.
What does "distress" mean?
A stereotype of portraying an unmarried female who needs to be saved.
Snow White(Show White and the seven Dwarfs), Sleeping Beauty(Sleeping Beauty), Princess Zelda(The Legend of Zelda, The Adventures of Link, A Link to the Past, Ocarina of Time, the Oracle Series, Four Swords), Princess Peach Toadstoal(some of the Mario games) and etc.
Distress - what does it mean?
the shits
the runs
diarrhea
often caused by the consumption of large amounts of alcohol
always a good reason to skip class
i had a really bad case of gastrointestinal distress, thats why i missed the final exam...
Distress - meaning
An annoying character who's only purpose is to be rescued, to the point where you just want to say, "You know what? Let the train hit 'em!"
First used by The Nostalgia Critic in his "Top 11 Dumbasses in Distress" video.
Bella Swan is such a dumbass in distress!
Distress - definition
This is where a woman manufactures an intimate yet fake online relationship with a (usually lonely) male to con him out of money. After she sinks her claws in, she comes up with a story that her electricity and internet are about to be cut off and she won't be able to talk to him anymore. The guy believes he is a knight in shining armor coming to her rescue and wires her a few hundred dollars. Meanwhile, the grifter girl has another 6 marks on the hook who she's currently working. (The guy is distressed when he finally figures it out…)
Dude, you look like hell! What happened?
I met this really great girl over the internet. We fell in love and were planning to meet in person. But she lost her job and couldn't pay her bills. So I sent her some money to help her out but I haven't heard from her in days. I'm really worried something happened to her.
Dude! You totally got Damsel-in-Distressed!
What?
Uh, never mind.
Distress - slang
-depression + distress= distression
-occurs during deep depression hours
-the result of craving genitals of another human
- also the result of being in deeply distress for numerous reasons
- A very effective tool for explaining the gravity of your sexual HUNGER
Wow i really wanna be pummeled in my tiny ass my poor scalp is tingling fuck in in a deep sexual distression.
Distress
its like depression but its when you are distressed
im suffering really badly from distression
Distress
Clothing that is ripped/made dirty during the manufacturing process, which for some reason makes it more desirable and expensive than if it were unripped and clean .
a: Dude, you're an idiot. No one is going to buy your dirty old socks on eBay.
b: They're not dirty, they're distressed.
Distress
Extreme heartache and suffering most likely caused by a guy you trust and keep trusting, but they always inadvertently push you away and make you feel like you're dying. But you tell them it's ok and they believe you then ask your friend and they tell them you're distressed.
Guy:"Hey let's not be thing"
Person:"Yeah I was thinking that too"*walks away dying*
Friend to Guy:"oh boy she's distressed"