Noun: An article or sometimes but very rarely a video that exploits parental instincts in order to scare the parents out of granting their children access to something.
Example:
Person 1: Hey, did you get the new Call Of Duty game?
Person 2: No, my mom says that violent video games cause violence in real life.
Person 1: That's just a parent scare, it's not true.
Example:
Person 1: Hey, did you get the new Call Of Duty game?
Person 2: No, my mom says that violent video games cause violence in real life.
Person 1: That's just a parent scare, it's not true.
Person 1: Hey, did you get the new Call Of Duty game?
Person 2: No, my mom says that violent video games cause violence in real life.
Person 1: That's just a parent scare, it's not true.
1.) spitting a liquid across the room and proceeding to be frightened by something.
Kristen laughed so hard she spit juice out of her mouth and then went to the bathroom and a towel scared her so when you put the two together you get spi-scared.
A stat that is potentially mis-leading, used with the intention of playing off of fear-based emotional reactions (pathos), used to support an idea. This idea, requiring deceptive support, is likely flawed. A scare stat has hidden truth (or is a twisted version of truth) which the author of the scare stat hopes you will overlook, as most people do.
"In the five years after alcohol sales were expanded, the number of drinking and driving related deaths in Calloway County more than doubled compared to the five years before.
In the five years after alcohol sales were expanded, Calloway County experienced 34% more alcohol-related arrests on average compared to the five years before.
In the five years after alcohol sales were expanded, Calloway County experienced 60% more total criminal arrests on average compared to the five years before."
-source of these scare stats: keepitoutofmurray.com/statistics.html
When you cannot go in a public restroom because you do not feel comfortable.
I get poopy scared at work. I must wait until I get home.
someone who loves to hear scary things(ghost stories, etc.)
but they get really scared and can't go anywhere by them selves.
Janet is with her friends and they are telling scary stories.
Friend: "the ghost scratches her face and then throws her to the ground."
Janet: "I really have to go pee but I'm such a scare aholic that I can't go with out anyone."
Not literally scared but used as “ you crazy as hell.”
“ yeah I’m definitely scared of you.”
When a person is surprised or scared by first having romantic feelings for a member of the same sex.
Dude, I thought I was straight, but when I saw that guy walk into the store, I had a gay scare.