bairn mode
The state of regressing to full childlike behavior — whining, sulking, refusing to engage like a rational adult.
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The state of regressing to full childlike behavior — whining, sulking, refusing to engage like a rational adult. Used in British and Scottish slang when someone switches off their grown-up brain and starts behaving like a toddler, often due to stress, hunger, or not getting their way.
She went full bairn mode at the airport when the flight was delayed an hour.
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