took a screenshot

a metaphor representing ones body or mind experiencing exceptional discomfort or bewilderment. Taken from the action of pressing two opposing buttons together on a smartphone to take a screenshot, the unorthodox action being translated into an unorthodox feeling.

Ex 1: “Yeah, when I saw him eat a maggot covered in mayonnaise, my body took a screenshot.”

Ex 2: “Man, when that professor kept asking so many questions so fast, I could’ve sworn my brain took a screenshot.”

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