rag mode
Rag mode is the activated state you enter when something minor tips you over the edge — you're not just annoyed, you've flipped a switch.
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Rag mode is the activated state you enter when something minor tips you over the edge — you're not just annoyed, you've flipped a switch. Think tunnel-vision irritability where every next thing hits twice as hard. Gamers use it to describe the mental state right before a rage-quit. In everyday slang it covers anyone visibly operating on their last nerve, snapping at anything in range. Once someone's in rag mode, rational conversation is basically offline until the cooldown kicks in.
Don't even text him right now, he's been in full rag mode since his package got delayed again.
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