What is Trigger?
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Clitoris (compare
1. I've got my finger on your trigger
2. I'm an incurable trigger frigger
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What you pull to shoot a gun.
"Finga on tha trigga.....BANG."
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A topic, phrase or word that emotionally sets someone off. Could refer to anger, or reliving a traumatic experience. Sometimes this is logical, other times it seems like an attention grab. It is fairly common for certain communities on, for example, Livejournal to be overly sensitive to people's 'triggers' (often but not always relating to sexual assault)--any mention of violence may be censored.
(1) Man, I know I shouldn't have gone off on Eric that way, but that racist joke he made triggered me big time and I flipped my shit.
(2) I got kicked off that livejournal group for not lj-cutting my post talking about the rape scene in the movie I watched last night. Some girl said it triggered her and the mods were on her side.
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In the criminal lexicon "trigger" used to describe a hot-tempered person, fast for killing (without thoughts about consequences). Hi-ranked criminal leaders often call thier enforsers with a word "trigger". In this case "tigger" is the synonym for "soldier" or "killer".
"Man he's gonna kill you. His a damn trigger!!!"
"Sforcsa has sent his triggers to deal with the rivals"
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A strong emotional reaction set off by a set of words or image that reminds a person of a traumatic event. Used often in the Self Injury community to describe something that may cause a person to relapse into a cutting, bullimic, or other self injuring state.
That poem mentions rape and self mutilation. It could trigger.
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b. Delicious quadruple burger for 3 bucks.
c. Good post-party snack.
a. Fuck, Im so wasted man, lets go to mcdonalds.
b. Yeah lets order shitloads of fries, rootbeer and TRIGGERS!
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the best dog in the world. my dog. german shepherd. quite shy but lovely. <3
me:hey trigger *throws ball* fetch!
*trigger gets ball*
me:yeah...trigger bring it back now
*trigger runs off with ball until i have to chase him all around the garden*
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